miércoles, 2 de mayo de 2012

Arquitecture

Arquitecture of mesopotamia:

One of the most important developments about the sumerian arquitecture, is that the designers create the city-states, and a division of places,  one part to build residentials, one for civic activities, and one for comertial bussisness.
The Sumerians create walls, streets, markets, temples, and gardens y their city-states.
The ziggurats are temples create by the sumerians, this contructions were use by priests to talk with their gods.

Writting

Writting:

Cuneiform, one of the first system of writing of the world, was created by the Sumerian people around 3000 BC, this form of writing starts with a system of pictographs, draws that represent a physical object. The cuneiform was write in a clay tablet with a tool called stylus.







The epic of Gilgamesh: an epic poem from sumerian people and is one of the earliest surviving works of literature. Tells the history about a king or uruk that want the secret of eternal life.

Music

Sumerian music:

Before playing music, Sumerians washed their hands to purify them. Harps, lyres, lute, reed pipes and drums. The music of Sumer was used for important ceremonies in religious traditions and culture of the population, the marriages, rites for the goddess Inana are examples of them. Sumerian empires created schools to improve the skill of musicians.

Conclusion

With this project, we learn a lot of the Sumerian civilization and their creations that change the world. Is unbeliable that an arcane civilisation like sumerians can created technology in those ages. We learn about the orgins of stuffs like the wheel and calendar.


Astronomy

Astronomy:

Sumerian calendar:
Sumerians create the first calendar of the world, the year was divided into summer and winter season, summer season make possible the harvest of barley from May to September, and the winter season is from Septermber to May. For the Sumerians the months start when the new moon is visible. 




Introduction

Art of Sumer:

Sumer was one of the earliest civilizations in the world, creating the first village around Mesopotami in 4000 BC. The sumerians were not only important in the improve of city goverment, they also thought a lot of ideas that change the world that we know today.