An edition of The Sumerians
(1963)
The Sumerians
Their History, Culture, and Character (Phoenix Books)
New Ed edition
by Samuel Noah Kramer
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A depiction of the Sumerian civilization in ancient Mesopotamia based on excavated literary tablets. Describes all that was understood about the civilization at the time of its writing. Tells of how the Sumerians were found from archaeological studies and then goes into interpretation of their history, society, religion, literature, education, character, and legacy among later cultures.
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Sume riens, Sumerians, Soemerie rs, Soemeriërs, Sumériens, Ancient civilizations, MesopotamiaPlaces
Sumer, MesopotamiaTimes
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The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character (Phoenix Books)
February 15, 1971, University Of Chicago Press
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in English
- New Ed edition
0226452387 9780226452388
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"Sumer, the land which came to be known in classical times as Babylonia, consists of the lower half of Mesopotamia, roughly identical with modern Iraq from north of Baghdad to the Persian Gulf."
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