Posts Tagged ‘crops’
Sumerian Art and its Influences
November 10th, 2008 by admin
Mother goddesses were worshipped in the hope of bringing fertility to women and crops. These were the next tallest statues. Smaller than these were the priests and the smallest were the worshippers. All statues have their heads uplifted and hands clasped with cylindrical bodies devoid of any gender differentiation. The clasped hands is the pose [...]
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Sumerian Invention: Astronomy
October 6th, 2008 by admin
The Sumerian inventions’ unending list also comprises the invention of the calendar. The ancient Sumer had to yield crops much in excess of what he could consume in lack of calculations. The book keeping was also in lack of an efficient system of calculating long time periods.
Based on the cycle of the moon, the Sumerians [...]
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