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  • Large amounts of Sumerian gods and goddess represent nature
  • The worlds First (Surviving) epic was the Sumerian "Epic of Gilgamesh" which told of a great Flood.
  • Sumerians first divided the hour into sixty minutes and the minute into sixty seconds they also organized a calendar based on moon cycles
  • The ziggurat was a Sumerian temple built on top of a "Mountain" 
  •  Wandering nomads drove herds of domesticated animals in many areas especially to the south of Sumerian Arabia
  • Sumer was conquered by the Akkadians 2350 B.C. their gods took the place of previous gods and all were forced to worship them

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