Question

Describe how Sumer met the three criteria of a civilization. Use specific examples.

Answer 1

Answer:

3 Criteria of civilization:

- Government

- Religion

- Art  

Explanation:

Government:

- Sumer civilization developed the first know codified legal and administrative systems, complete with courts, jails and government records.

Religion:

- Sumerian Religion saw creation as a series of consiliations between two opposite cosmogenic myths which were represented as sacred marriages between male and female divine beings or god and a goddess.

Art:

- Sumer civilization art was well developed, their art materials such as semi-precious stones show great detail and ornamentation, precious metals such as hammered gold, silver, copper, and bronze along with shells and gemstones, precious stones such as lapis lazuli, alabaster and serpentine, were used for the finest sculpture and inlays.  

The Lyres of Ur are one of their most famous master pieces and are considered to be the world's oldest surviving stringed instruments.

Answer 2

Making a colony should be the last one. :)