Sumerians

Beginning

5400 BCE

The City of Eridu is founded and becomes one of the earliest civilizations to ever exist with the begins of the sumerians tribes coming together beginning the long stretch of civilizations settling in mesopotamia.

History of Sumerians

Period: 5400 BCE to 2000 BCE

Ubaid People

5000 BCE

Sumer inhabited by Ubaid people. The Ubaid People joined the Sumerians and they settled with them and lived in their city.

Godin Tepe

5000 BCE

Godin Tepe settled a long time after the sumerian settlement was destroyed and long gone it became a large excavation site for ancient sumerian items with a very important value to the people.

Evidence of Burial

5000 BCE

Evidence of burial in Sumer. Scientist dug up evidence of burial in Sumer . This was a big deal because before this we did not know that they buried their dead. Some Civilizations didn’t bury the dead so this also showed evidence of religion with the burial.

First Temple

4500 BCE

The Sumerians built their first temple since it was built the Sumerians that show their superior architecture from other early settlements with these temples they used them as most cities would they made them basically worship centers for their gods.

writing

3600 BCE

Invention of writing in Sumer at Uruk The invention of writing in Sumer became a huge achievement for the entire world and all people for the rest of time have the summer to thank as they begin the early works of expression and art through writing.

religion

3500 BCE

First written evidence of religion in Sumerian cuneiform the summer starts to develop a religion with a real sense of organization with them leading the world in progress in arts and expression also starting true modern religion.

written language

3200 BCE

First instance of written language in Sumerian because of the Sumerians huge advancements in literature this makes them one of the first civilization making advancements in education as most of the very early civilization were focused on survival and not actually advancing.

worldwide

2700 BCE

Hatti people establish trade with the city of Sumer establishing true contact with the outside world making them even more modern as the begin to grow as an economy and as a nation through foriegn trade helping them become stronger

ILA

2500 BCE

Beginning of literature in Sumerian further cementing them in the very very important civilizations throughout time as they start the study of reading and other language arts progressing them toward modernization and further expanding the impact they had on modern civilization

2334 BCE - 2218 BCE

2334 BCE

The Akkadian Empire rules Sumer While the akkadian empire ruled sumer the the empire was under rule by a foriegn leader and the akkadian empire was not very long lived as it ended up falling later.

Wall

1990 BCE

Construction of the Great Wall to keep the Amorites from Sumer This wall was built between the Tigris and Euphrates river to keep the invading amorites out of the sumer lands. The sumer as with most empires were threatened a lot from neighboring people trying to take lands and resources

destruction

1750 BCE

Elamite invasion and Amorite migration ends the Sumerian civilization The fall of the civilization was truly a sad one though it has a very long and strong run ith them being completely revolutionary they truly made the world a better place.

code

1777

The Code of Hammurabi: One of the earliest codes of law in the world The code of Hammurabi is one of the first codes of law in the world as it was used by the early king of babylonia Hammurabi and it was a very important code of law for the ancient mesopotamia tribes