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| Weaponry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sumer was the most advanced society of military weaponry design and application of the Bronze Age. Sumer was the first civilisation to ever have a professional army. The first detailed record of war was between the Sumerian cities of Lagash and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Umma in 2525BC. The soldiers were in phalanx formation, wore helmets and were armed with spears. The Sumerians invented the first chariot, an effective military | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| innovations. The Sumerians also gained a significant military advantage through the invention of the bronze socket axe, the sickle sword and the first ever body armour. Chariots, archers and spearmen became increasingly important in later Sumeria and the world. | |
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| Clothing and Jewellery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion and Burial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education and Literature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weaponry | Arts and Crafts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Significant artifacts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Leonard Woolley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Law | Leisure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| To find out more about Sumerian Weaponry follow one of the links below | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The armies of Sumer and Akkad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||