Sumer

Sumer (/ˈsmər/) was one of the ancient civilizations and historical regions in southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq, during the Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze ages. Although the earliest specimens of writing in the region do not go back much further than c. 2500 BC, modern historians have suggested that Sumer was first permanently settled between c. 5500 and 4000 BC by a non-Semitic people who spoke the Sumerian language (pointing to the names of cities, rivers, basic occupations, etc., as evidence).

These conjectured, prehistoric people are now called "proto-Euphrateans" or "Ubaidians", and are theorized to have evolved from the Samarra culture of northern Mesopotamia (Assyria). The Ubaidians (though never mentioned by the Sumerians themselves) are assumed by modern-day scholars to have been the first civilizing force in Sumer, draining the marshes for agriculture, developing trade, and establishing industries, including weaving, leatherwork, metalwork, masonry, and pottery.

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Iraq’s Christians fight to save threatened ancient language

The Jordan Times 04 Jun 2023
Syriac, an ancient dialect of Aramaic, has traditionally been the language spoken by Christians in Iraq and neighbouring Syria, mostly in homes but also in some schools and during church services ... Iraq is known as a cradle of civilisations, including the ancient Sumerians and Babylonians, who produced the earliest known written legal code ... Image....
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Hopi Oral Traditions Of Creation Parallel Evolutionary Adaptation To Climate Change

Ancient Origins 02 Jun 2023
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Iraq’s Christians fight to save ancient Syriac language, with government help

The Arab Weekly 01 Jun 2023
Baghdad ... Syriac, an ancient dialect of Aramaic, has traditionally been the language spoken by Christians in Iraq and neighbouring Syria, mostly in homes but also in some schools and during church services ... Iraq is known as a cradle of civilisations, including the ancient Sumerians and Babylonians, who produced the earliest known written legal code ... ....
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15 Fascinating Facts About The Sumerians

Ancient Origins 28 May 2023
Here are just a few of the most fascinating facts about the ancient Sumerian civilization ... The Ancient Sumerians were skilled mathematicians, and were incredibly advanced for such an ancient time ... They were the widely used medium by ancient Sumerians - with paper not being invented, soft clay tablets were the next best thing....
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Professing Faith: What Western civilization owes to Sumerian beliefs and inventions

The Press Enterprise 26 May 2023
These people are known to us as the ancient Sumerians, because the later Empire of Akkad called them the “sumeru.” The actual Sumerians called ... Like many ancient peoples, the first Sumerians worshiped the untamed forces of nature, such as the wind, fertility, the sun and the earth....
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ENKI STORY OF THE ANNUNAKI ANCIENT SUMERIAN MESOPOTANIAN MYTHOLOGIES

Bitchute 25 May 2023
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Two Ancient Sculptures That Were On Loan To The Met Have Been Repatriated To Iraq

MENA FN 22 May 2023
(MENAFN - USA Art News) The U.S. has repatriated two ancient looted sculptures, collectively valued at $275,000, to Iraq. One, a Sumerian alabaster bull, belonged to philanthropist Shelby White, a ... ....
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U.S. Authorities Repatriate Two Ancient Sculptures To Iraq-One Belonging To Met Trustee Shelby White

MENA FN 22 May 2023
(MENAFN - USA Art News) The U.S. has repatriated two ancient looted sculptures, collectively valued at $275,000, to Iraq. One, a Sumerian alabaster bull, belonged to philanthropist Shelby White, a ... ....
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U.S. Authorities Repatriated Two Ancient Sculptures To Iraq-One Belonging To Met Trustee Shelby White

MENA FN 22 May 2023
(MENAFN - USA Art News) The U.S. has repatriated two ancient looted sculptures, collectively valued at $275,000, to Iraq. One, a Sumerian alabaster bull, belonged to philanthropist Shelby White, a ... ....
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Earliest evidence of kissing pushed back 1,000 years

Beijing News 20 May 2023
Instead, lip kissing is documented in ancient Mesopotamia - present-day Iraq and Syria - from at least 2500BC onwards ... People in ancient Mesopotamia may have invented writing for the first time, though it was roughly contemporary with its invention in ancient Egypt as well ... Later, it was adapted to write Akkadian, an ancient Semitic language....

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