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I think this is a great read, it is full of useful information about (the priestesses Kings Daughter) Enheduana, it can help a lot if you are trying to figure out information about the Sumerian daily life. This must have been an important find for the archeologists.

Questions/Answers

Questions:

1. What did books look like during the time that Enheduana was writing? How were these books written?

2. What did her father do?

3. What was Enheduana's job? List three of her duties. How does she lose her job?

4. The author says that Enheduana's poems were so popular that they were like bastsellers today. What evidence does she use to support her claim.

5. Enheduana's writings are hymns of praise, but they also tell us about times she lived in. Describe one "current event" that Enheduana's wrote about.

Answers:

1. They looked like clay with something scratched in it, used sticks to carve letters into clay.
2. They lived in Agade, her father was one of the great sumer kings.
3. Enheduana was a high priestess, She also wrote and spoke.
4. The evidance is that people didn't really pay attention to womens literature, but a lot of them read her book so it proves that it was a good read, and that is what bestsellers are.
5. She wrote about the rebels that tried to overthrow her father.

Environmental Changes

Todays Environmental changes are very different from back then, the largest environmental change then was domestication, but recently its cars, techno, things that usually cause harm to our environment, we also cut down much more trees, back in the early ages they didn't do that they took as much as they only needed. We take much more than needed today so I believe that the early people had a more "Civilized" environment.

Catal Huyuk's Importance

Why is Catal Hoyuk an important archaeological find?

Catal Hoyuk is important because some people believe that it is one of the first actual cities also Catal Hoyuk contains important artifacts that can teach us more about the early people's beliefs, life style and their farming. It tells us about peoples problems and advantages to agriculture. It is also One of the first communities that traded good.