They had discovered the u of bronze and they built great tower-like temples of sun-dried brick.
The clay of this try is very fine; they ud it to write upon, and so it is that their inscriptions have been prerved to us.
They had cattle, sheep, goats and ass, but no hors.
They fought on foot, in bsp;formation, carrying spears and shields of skin.
Their clothing was of wool and they shaved their heads.
Eabsp;of the Sumerian cities ems generally to have been an indepe state with a god of its own and priests of its own.
But sometimes one city would establish an asdanbsp;over others and exabsp;tribute from their population.
A very a inscription at Nippur records the “empire,” the first recorded empire, of the Sumerian city of Erech.
Its god and its priest-king claimed an authority from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea.
At first writing was merely an abbreviated method of pictorial record.
Even before hibsp;times men were beginning to write.
The Azilian robsp;pictures to whibsp;we have already referred show the beginning of the process.
They had discovered the u of bronze and they built great tower-like temples of sun-dried brick.
The clay of this try is very fine; they ud it to write upon, and so it is that their inscriptions have been prerved to us.
They had cattle, sheep, goats and ass, but no hors.
They fought on foot, in bsp;formation, carrying spears and shields of skin.
Their clothing was of wool and they shaved their heads.
Eabsp;of the Sumerian cities ems generally to have been an indepe state with a god of its own and priests of its own.
But sometimes one city would establish an asdanbsp;over others and exabsp;tribute from their population.
A very a inscription at Nippur records the “empire,” the first recorded empire, of the Sumerian city of Erech.
Its god and its priest-king claimed an authority from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea.
At first writing was merely an abbreviated method of pictorial record.
Even before hibsp;times men were beginning to write.
The Azilian robsp;pictures to whibsp;we have already referred show the beginning of the process.