Sumerians.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:21:02
Category: / Literature / Biographies
Length: 2 pages (643 words)
Category: / Literature / Biographies
Length: 2 pages (643 words)
The Fertile Crescent is an area in which the soil is constantly renewed by a river depositing nutrients. These nutrients make harvesting ideal for any individuals living along its border. The Sumerians were the earliest known inhibitors of the Fertile Crescent located in Ancient Egypt residing around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Around 4000 B.C. in southern Mesopotamia this group of people prospered from the land and made many advances in science, mathematics and literature …
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…minutes and the circle into 360 degrees, basic algebra and geometry were also main contributions to today's society.
The Sumerians had many different attributes which they unknowingly gave to the world. From the literature they wrote (which is the earliest form known to this world), to the clock which controls our daily lives. Fortunately our world is ever changing, someday we will be looked upon as the Sumerians are today, changing our world for the future.
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