CLASS110 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Ziggurat, Uruk Period, Uruk
20 Nov 2018
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Located in modern day iraq and syria. Rivers make the low lying land fertile leading to settlement in early times (very fertile compared to surrounding lands) Tigris river (baghdad, iraq) and euphrates river (northern iraq) Ancient site located on higher ground (strategic location. Today is in ruin with accumulation of debris. A mound or hill where an ancient site is located. Pre-dynastic ( protoliterate - period of first writing ) 3500-2800 bce. First urban settlements (previous people had been nomadic) People produce their own resources in their own location. Previously tools had been made of stone. Ceramics were universal material used for food storage, cooking, eating e. t. c. An instrument (usually a reed) can be used to write or sketch in clay while it is still wet. Triangle is the symbol for a woman. When writing begins it is focused on creating images. Sumerians were first developed culture to inhabit mesopotamia.
