Before Civilization continued

In todays class, we continued to look and take notes on the slides. Sumer, it is between the Tigris and Euphrates river. Population increases due to new irrigation techniques. Better food storage allowed for diversity. Sumerians invented earliest form of writing, called cuneiform. Patheon- large amount of Sumerian gods. Sumerians invented the hour into 60 minutes and a minute on 60 seconds. They also organized a calendar based on the moon cycles.