The Sumerians

The first settlers built farming villages along these two rivers: Tigris and Euphrates, Nile and Edisto.

Crops, homes, and livestock were swept away by

Flooded rivers were filled with silt or

Farmers learned to control the rivers by using irrigation techniques.

As the cities grew, they gained political and economic control over the lands around them. By doing this, they formed

People in Sumer were divided into

Sumerians created a way of writing called

After years of training, some students became ___________or official record keepers.

The world's oldest known story is from Sumer; this story is called the

An epic is a