COME AND JOIN OUR NEW ANCIENT SUMERIAN COLLEGE SANCTUARY! --- LEARN ABOUT THE ANCIENT FABULOUS FIRST CIVILIZATION OF SUMER! ANCIENT SUMER IS CALLED THE FIRST CIVILIZATION. THEY WERE THE FIRST TO DEVELOP AND USE A WRITTEN LANGUAGE, THE FIRST TO BUILD CITIES, THE FIRST TO BUILD TEMPLES OF WORSHIP, THE FIRST TO UTILIZE THE WHEEL, THE FIRST TO DOMESTICATE ANIMALS, THE FIRST TO POSSESS AND DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, AND THEY WERE THE FIRST IN MANY MORE AREAS! ANCIENT SUMER WAS THE FIRST CIVILIZATION IN THE WORLD! THEY WERE THYE FIRST TO KEEP FARM ANIMALS, MANUFACTURE POTTERY, PERFORM WEAVING, LEATHER WORK AND METAL WORK, AND ENGAGE IN TRADE WITH OTHER SOCIETIES. HUGE OVENS IN BAKERIES WERE USED TO BAKE BREAD FOR LARGE AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE. THEIR POTTERY MAKING BECAME AN ART WITH FINE AND BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART! THEY WERE THE FIRST TO KEEP ACURATE WRITTEN RECORDS OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS. THEY DEVEOLPED BETTER ROADS, AND OVER 12 LARGE CITIES AROSE, ONE WITH OVER 24,000 PEOPLE! THEY DEVELOPED AND TENDED DATE PALM ORCHARDS AND LAND FOR HERDING. THEY HUNTED, FISHED AND RAISED LIVESTOCK! THE ANCIENT SUMERIANS WERE THE FIRST TO BUILD AND DEVELOP LARGE TEMPLES , AND THE FIRST TO DEVELOP AND INSTALL AN ANCIENT RELIGION AND A PRIESTHOOD. THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS WERE BORROWED BY MANY OTHER SOCIETIES AND FORM THE BASIS FOR THE PRESENT DAY CHRISTIAN-HEBREW RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS. PARALLELS OF SUMERIAN THEOLOGY CAN BE FOUND IN GENESIS OF THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE! THEY ALSO ENGAGED IN AND DEVELOPED BLACKSMITHING, AND WERE ANCIENT TRADERS. THEY DEVELOPED AN EXTENSIVE COMMERCE BY LAND AND SEA, AND WERE THE FIRST TO BUILD LARGE SEAWORTHY SHIPS! THE ANCIENT SUMERIANS WERE ALSO THE FIRST ASTRONOMERS, AND BEFORE ADEQUATE TELESCOPES WERE INVENTED, THEY DESCRIBED OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND PLANETS, AND FORETOLD OF A TENTH PLANET, WHICH WAS JUST RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN JULY, 2005. THERE ARE OVER 200 LESSONS IN OUR ANCIENT SUMERIAN COLLEGE TRAINING PROGRAM! SEE THE FILE AREA OF OUR SANCTUARY GROUP FOR TRAINING INFORMATION! ANCIENT SUMERIAN COLLEGE WEBSITE: http://www.isismoontemple.com SANCTUARY GROUP: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANCIENT_SUMERIAN_COLLEGE There are over 200 lessons in our Ancient Sumerian College training program. Some of the many subjects covered in the training are: *INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION *ANCIENT SUMERIAN AGRICULTURE *ANCIENT SUMERIAN NIPPUR *ANCIENT SUMERIAN CALENDAR *ANCIENT SUMERIAN COSMOLOGY *ANCIENT SUMERIAN CULTURE *ANCIENT SUMERIAN CUNIFORM *ANCIENT SUMERIAN HUMOR *ANCIENT SUMERIAN INANNA-ISHTAR *ANCIENT SUMERIAN LEGENDS *ANCIENT SUMERIAN THEOLOGY *ANCIENT SUMERIAN CITIES *ANCIENT SUMERIAN GENDER AND SEXUALITY *ANCIENT SUMERIAN EPICS *ANCIENT SUMERIAN INSECTS *ANCIENT SUMERIAN WRITING *ANCIENT SUMERIAN LIBOMANCY *ANCIENT SUMERIAN LITERARY *ANCIENT SUMERIAN MEASUREMENTS *ANCIENT SUMERIAN MESOPOTAMIA *ANCIENT SUMERIAN MONETARY ANCIENT SUMERIAN COLLEGE WEBSITE: http://www.isismoontemple.com SANCTUARY GROUP: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ANCIENT_SUMERIAN_COLLEGE