ATH 145 Midterm: Exam 2
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What traits are seen in the neolithic and developed neolithic sites that presage sumerian civilization? (pp. Developed neolithic: halafian culture (5500-4700 bc, pottery traded over wide region, might have been for prestige goods or identity (social relations, houses not so big compared to others, stamp seals (information technology, mark communal storage houses- granaries. Northern mesopotamia: dry farming- uses rain to irrigate. Southern mesopotamia: irrigation- has to create water supply to crops, ubaid (5300-3600 bc, towns which made things out of clay, extensive irrigation and proliferation of baked clay figurines due to geography. Sumerian civilization temples: 4500 bc first complex temple, 4000 bc early ziggurat (mud/stone mound, walls get thicker and more rooms were added to store goods, enki @ eridu, god of crafts, intelligence, creations and patron of. Eridu: brings civilization from the abzu, the deep sweet water from within the earth, where the younger gods have confined him there.
