Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
5.1
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1389
Points per Word
0.00036
Description
The very first civilisation in the world grew up where modern-day Syria and Iraq meet. Here, the Sumerians built the first cities, invented the wheel, the chariot and a writing system. They developed trade and built pyramids for their gods.