3/22/10 Sumarian Notes

• The Sumarians were the first civilization to live in ancient Iraq
• The first system of law in the world is the code of Hemerabi
• They opened up the first trade routes
• The Zigarot was the temple in Mesopatamia
• They describe the place of the Garden of Eden is in Mesopatamia
• Tels are mounds of dirt and sand that are located over ancient structures sometimes
• Tutankan was found in the valley of the Kings
• The Pyramids are basicially big tombs
• The Pharoah had to be buried in a way where they would be able to make it to the afterlife
• They believed in a judgment day where your Ka would be judged
• They covered the walls of the tombs with paintings of the things that the deceased liked to do to keep their Ka ammused
• They weigh the heart against a feather to establish if you will go onto the afterlife or your soul would be killed
• Four months out of the year the Nile floods
• They sacrificed children to the minotaur and then a guy came and killed it
• Crete got blasted by tsunamis and ash to wipe out the civilization
• Thera was the name of the volcanoe that destroyed Crete