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Probably the commonest and most simple definition of civilization is that it applies to any culture that builds cities. The Sumerians definitely built cities.
Aside from that, they had a high culture. They developed irrigation, organized agriculture, writing, household furniture, Musical Instruments, and political systems.
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∙ 9y agoAccording to Samual Noah Kramer the great majority of Sumerians as "farmers and cattle breeders, boatmen and fishermen, merchants and scribes, doctors and architects, masons and carpenters, smiths, jewlers, and potters." And he writes, "In early days political power lay in the hands of these free citizens and a city governor ... who was no more than a peer among peers."
That sounds civilized.
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The sumerians believed that the gods ruled the cities
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Sumer is the first civilization. The Sumerians were the first civilized people.
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A sentence with the word civilized?
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Considered by whom? What do you mean by the terms "primitive" and "civilized"? The word "primitive" may have a meaning if you put it in a specific context; "civilized" is such an emotionally loaded term that you're better off not using it. A community can be technologically "primitive" while adhering to a highly "civilized" mode of conduct.
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What is a Sentence for the word civilized?
Act more like civilized people and less like animals.
What was Mesopotamia's religion?
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