quarta-feira, 29 de janeiro de 2014

SUMERIANS PEOPLE

Sumerians 

Copper and bronze in the year 3000 BC 
Catal Huyuk - First cities 
Written 6000 years - 
Sumerians created large hydraulic structures for flood control and drainage of wetlands 
War ensign of the Sumerian Ur 
Found in geometry the angle of 360 degrees 
created calendar 
- Discoveries in astronomy 
Time count in 60 seconds and 60 minutes 
Cuneiform writing with 2000 characters (glyph) 
The Akkadians are his successors to King Sargon who adopted Sumerian culture 
Another successor of the Sumerian empire was Hammurabi, the Amorite, famous for having written the first history of the penal code.