- Sumer - Wikipedia
Sumer ( ˈsuːmər ) 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
- Sumer | Definition, Economy, Environment, Map, Facts | Britannica
Sumer, site of the earliest known civilization, located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in the area that later became Babylonia and is now southern Iraq, from around Baghdad to the Persian Gulf
- Sumer: The Cradle of Civilization - World History Encyclopedia
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 ”
- Sumer - Ancient, Map Civilization | HISTORY
Sumer was an ancient civilization founded in the Mesopotamia region of the Fertile Crescent situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers Known for their innovations in language, governance,
- Timeline of Ancient Sumer - World History Edu
Located in what is now southern Iraq, Sumerians developed writing, built some of the first cities, and created systems of government, law, and religion that still influence us today Let’s explore the major events and periods in the timeline of Ancient Sumer
- Sumer: The First Civilization and How It Transformed Human History
This video explores the extraordinary rise of Sumer, beginning with the Ubaid culture and the groundbreaking mastery of irrigation that allowed humanity’s first city-states to flourish
- Life in Sumer [ushistory. org]
Located in what the ancient Greeks called Mesopotamia, which literally means "the land between the rivers," Sumer was a collection of city-states that occupied the southernmost portion of Mesopotamia Most were situated along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, lying just north of the Persian Gulf
- History of Sumer - Wikipedia
The history of Sumer spans through 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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