You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Sumerian Slave

Early Civilization
You Wouldn’t Want to be a Sumerian Slave! A Life of Hard Labor You'd Rather Avoid Author: Morley, Jacqueline Buy at Amazon | BookShop.org Time Period: Early Civilization Time Frame: 3000 BCE Geographic Area: Western Asia Country: Middle East Topics: Mesopotamia Genre: Non Fiction Reading Age: Lower Elementary, Middle Grades Format: Picture Book Published: 2007

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A family of Sumerian farmers has to give up their son and he eventually is taken as a slave. What did the slaves do? How did they live? This story gives the background on food, culture, political scene, social strata and farming as it convinces you page by page that you would never have wanted to have lived the life of a slave in the Sumerian culture.

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