Question

Summarizing 4. What are the five features of a civilization? 5. What different kinds of activity

went on in Sumer?

Answer 1

What are the five features of a civilization?

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(1) advanced cities, (2) specialized workers, (3) complex institutions, (4) record keeping, and (5) advanced technology

What different kinds of activity went on in Sumer?

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Whenever the Sumerian civilization was first established in the region, by 3600 BCE they had invented the wheel, writing, the sail boat, agricultural processes such as irrigation, and the concept of the city (though China and India also lay claim to `the first cities' in the world)

Answer 2

A civilization is often defined as a complex culture with five characteristics: (1) advanced cities, (2) specialized workers, (3) complex institutions, (4) record keeping, and (5) advanced technology.