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Dec 7, 2017 · DEA Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty Images. Sumer was an ancient civilization founded in the Mesopotamia region of the Fertile Crescent situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Known...
Apr 28, 2011 · Sumer is famous for several "firsts" in civilization including writing, the wheel, schools, proverbs, legal precedents, and even the first aquarium. Did the Sumerians invent time? The Sumerians invented the concept of time by dividing 24 hours into twelve hours of day and twelve hours of night and establishing the hours that make up a "work day ...
- Joshua J. Mark
Sumer (/ ˈ s uː m ər /) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
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Jan 18, 2012 · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin (Copyright) Inventing the Future. Sumer was the region of southern Mesopotamia c. 5000/4500-1750 BCE corresponding to modern-day Iraq and Kuwait.
- Joshua J. Mark
- The Oldest City in the World. The Sumerian city of Eridu in Mesopotamia is believed to have been the first urban civilization. The city was established on the Persian Gulf in 5400 BC in southern Mesopotamia, and its citizens embraced all the culture and traditions of the Sumerian way of life.
- Marriage. The Sumerians married with the consent of their parents, and approval of a marriage contract was recorded on clay tablets. Marriage was legalized only after the groom had delivered a bridal gift to his father-in-law.
- Inter-State War. Despite their bonds, many Sumerian states were at war with each other and with the Akkadian cities to the north. Most of these disputes were over land, water, and natural resources, with the most significant battles between Sumer and Akkad.
- Be Bold for Beer. Invention and innovation quickly gained pace in ancient Sumer. There were great advances in pottery, law, literature, writing, and the brewing of beer.
The history of Sumer spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumer was the region's earliest known civilization and ended with the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2004 BCE.
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