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World History Encyclopedia

Sumer

  • 16:03
  • November 13th 2018

Sumer, written by Joshua J. Mark and narrated by Richard de Man: https://www.worldhistory.org/sumer/

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Sumer was the southernmost region of ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq and Kuwait) which is generally considered the cradle of civilization. The name comes from Akkadian, the language of the north of Mesopotamia, and means “land of the civilized kings”. The Sumerians called themselves “the black headed people” and their land, in cuneiform script, was simply “the land” or “the land of the black headed people”and, in the biblical Book of Genesis, Sumer is known as Shinar.

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