Disscuss the 4 social classes that existed in Sumerian society and what they did.?
The Sumerians of Mesopotamia One of the world’s earliest and most influential civilizations © Robin Fowler Dec 1, 2006 The Sumerians were the earliest known group of people to inhabit the Middle Eastern region known as Mesopotamia. The peoples of Sumer are among the earliest denizens of Mesopotamia. By about 4000 B.C., the Sumerians had organized themselves into several city-states that were spread throughout the southern part of the region. These city-states were independent of one another and were fully self-reliant centers, each surrounding a temple that was dedicated to god or goddess specific to that city-state. Each city-state was governed by a priest king. Though they shared the Sumerian language as a form of communication, these city-states shared little else, and were in a constant state of warfare, often battling each other for control over water supplies and the fertile land. A typical Sumerian city was well fortified with thick, tall walls, which the king was responsible fo
