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2 days ago · Sumerian cities during the Uruk period were probably theocratic and were most likely headed by a priest-king (ensi), assisted by a council of elders, including both men and women. It is quite possible that the later Sumerian pantheon was modeled upon this political structure. There was little evidence of organized warfare or professional ...
- Sumerian Language
Sumerian (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: Emeg̃ir, lit. ''native...
- History of Sumer
The history of Sumer spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in...
- Sumeria (Disambiguation)
Sumeria, or Sumer, is the region of city-states in ancient...
- Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire (/ ə ˈ k eɪ d i ən /) was the first...
- Cradle of Civilization
Among the various cradles of civilization is Ancient Egypt....
- Caral-Supe
Reconstruction of one of the pyramids of Aspero. Caral–Supe...
- Sumerian Language
3 days ago · Inanna [a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with beauty, sex, divine law, and political power. Originally worshiped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar [b] (and occasionally the logogram 𒌋𒁯 ). Her primary title was "the Queen of Heaven" .
- Possibly Nanaya
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1 day ago · It used the cuneiform script, which was a script used to write multiple languages including Sumerian, Eblaite, Hurrian, Elamite, and Hittite. Akkadian is named after the city of Akkad, a major centre of Mesopotamian civilization during the Akkadian Empire (c. 2334–2154 BC).
- Assyrian, Babylonian, Canaano-Akkadian, Old Akkadian
- Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform
4 days ago · Part 1: The Sumerians. The first civilization is thought to have arisen in Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. In an area known as Sumeria, people built huts, raised cattle, and farmed for their food. They built huge temples (called ziggurats) and monuments in their cities. They were the first to gather in large city-states.
By making the form and content of cuneiform texts available online, the CDLI is opening pathways to the rich historical tradition of the ancient Middle East. In close collaboration with researchers, museums and an engaged public, the project seeks to unharness the extraordinary content of these earliest witnesses to our shared world heritage.
1 day ago · The Epic of Atrahasis is the fullest Mesopotamian account of the Great Flood, but it offers more. The conditions immediately after the Creation, when the Lower Gods have to work very hard, and complain. The translation offered here is adapted from the one by B.R. Foster. The text is known from several versions: two were written by Assyrian ...
2 days ago · Flood Tablet. Lower third of tablet with 6 columns of text; 3 on each side. Preserved columns each have 10-15 lines and the compete tablet would probably have had ca. 260 lines. Text, written in Sumerian deals with the creation of humans, prediluvian cities and their rulers, and the flood.