The document describes the social structure and key developments of early Sumerian civilizations between 3500-1800 BCE. Sumerian society was stratified, with kings and priests at the top governing slaves, peasants and farmers. Some notable achievements included the creation of one of the earliest forms of writing called cuneiform, the establishment of codes of law under Hammurabi in Babylon, and military dominance by Assyrian warriors through invasions.

2. Geography

3. Uncontrolled Flooding

4. Sumerian Culture
• Many gods
• Ziggurats
• Cuneiform

5. Sumerian Civilizations(3500- 1800 BCE)
Kings
Priests
Intellectuals: scribes,
doctors, merchants,
artists
Slaves , Peasants, Farmers

6. • Invasions
• Creation of Writing
• Hammurabi Code of Law (Babylon)
• (Criminal Law)
• (Civil Law)

7. Superiority of Men

9. Assyrian Warriors