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3 days ago · Sumerian (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: Emeg̃ir, lit. '' native tongue '') is the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the oldest attested languages, dating back to at least 2900 BC. It is accepted to be a local language isolate and to have been spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-day Iraq .
3 days ago · The so-called Ur III Sumerian King List ( USKL ), on a clay tablet possibly found in Adab, is the only known version of the SKL that predates the Old Babylonian period. The colophon of this text mentions that it was copied during the reign of Shulgi (2084–2037 BC), the second king of the Ur III dynasty.
- 𒉆𒈗 (Nam-Lugal "Kingship").
3 days ago · Here, Babylon represents the very center of the map and thus the world, situated along the banks of the Euphrates river. Encircling the flat, Babylonian world is a great ocean that marks the border between Mesopotamia and the mysterious lands beyond, represented here by six triangles. This source is a part of the Analyzing Maps methods module.
4 days ago · The final contemporary evidence for Ashurbanipal being alive and reigning as king is a contract from Nippur made in 631. [82] [79] If Ashurbanipal's reign had ended in 627 the inscriptions of his successors Ashur-etil-ilani and Sinsharishkun in Babylon (covering several years) would have been impossible, given that the city was seized by ...
- 669–631 BC
- Libbali-sharrat
3 days ago · Banking played a role in the economy. Documents have survived from a family banking business in Babylonia—the house of Murashu and Sons of Nippur—coveringthe years c. 455–403 BCE; the firm evidently prospered greatly by lending money and by acting as a middleman in the system of tax collection.
4 days ago · city, relatively permanent and highly organized centre of population, of greater size or importance than a town or village. The name city is given to certain urban communities by virtue of some legal or conventional distinction that can vary between regions or nations. In most cases, however, the concept of city refers to a particular type of ...
3 days ago · भीमराव रामजी आम्बेडकर. भीमराव रामजी आम्बेडकर [a] (14 अप्रैल 1891 – 6 दिसंबर 1956), डॉ॰ बाबासाहब आम्बेडकर नाम से लोकप्रिय, भारतीय बहुज्ञ ...
