The Sumerians
Their History, Culture, and Character (Phoenix Books)
by Samuel Noah Kramer
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A depiction of the Sumerian civilization in ancient Mesopotamia based on excavated literary tablets. Describes all that was understood about the civilization at the time of its writing. Tells of how the Sumerians were found from archaeological studies and then goes into interpretation of their history, society, religion, literature, education, character, and legacy among later cultures.
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Sume riens, Sumerians, Soemerie rs, Soemeriërs, Sumériens, Ancient civilizations, MesopotamiaPlaces
Sumer, MesopotamiaTimes
c.4500 to c.1700 B.C.E.Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character
2010, University of Chicago Press
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February 15, 1971, University Of Chicago Press
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"Sumer, the land which came to be known in classical times as Babylonia, consists of the lower half of Mesopotamia, roughly identical with modern Iraq from north of Baghdad to the Persian Gulf."
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