Post by Avacyn on Jan 1, 2018 21:34:05 GMT
Like with Roman Mythology, there has been talk of Ancient Sumer appearing in discussions, and I thought it might be an idea to start a thread, and have somewhere for a fuller discussion on the topic. So, to start the topic, what is Sumer? From Wikipedia:
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Sumer (/ˈsuːmər/)[note 1] is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq, during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze ages, and arguably the first civilization in the world with Ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley.[1] Living along the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates, Sumerian farmers were able to grow an abundance of grain and other crops, the surplus of which enabled them to settle in one place. Proto-writing in the prehistory dates back to c. 3000 BC. The earliest texts come from the cities of Uruk and Jemdet Nasr and date back to 3300 BC; early cuneiform script writing emerged in 3000 BC.[2]
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