Economic Contributions of Sumer.
Number of pages:
3
ABSTRACT:
(3 pp). After 1900 BC, when the Amorites conquered
all of Mesopotamia, the Sumerians lost their
separate identity, but they bequeathed their
culture to their Semitic successors, and they left
the world a number of technological and cultural
contributions, including the first wheeled
vehicles and potter's wheels; the first system of
writing, cuneiform; the first codes of law; and the
first city-states Bibliography lists 2 sources.
FILE NAME:
File: D0_BBsumerR.doc
Send Me This Paper
Back to Papers