Votive relief of Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, representing the bird-god Anzu (or Im-dugud) as a lion-headed eagle. Alabaster, Early Dynastic III (2550–2500 BC); found in Telloh, ancient city of Girsu
The history of Sumer spans 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. It was followed by a transitional period of Amorite states before the rise of Babylonia in the 18th century BCE.
The oldest known settlement in southern Mesopotamia is Tell el-'Oueili. The Sumerians claimed that their civilization had been brought, fully formed, to the city of Eridu by their god Enki or by his advisor (or Abgallu from ab=water, gal=big, lu=man), Adapa U-an (the Oannes of Berossus). The first people at Eridu brought with them the Samarra culture from northern Mesopotamia and are identified with the Ubaid period, but it is not known whether or not these were Sumerians (associated later with the Uruk period).
HistoryofSumer The historyofSumer spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk...
southern Mesopotamia, could be western variants ofSumer. Most historians have suggested that Sumer was first permanently settled between c. 5500 – c...
translit. Xísouthros) of Shuruppak (c. 2900 BC) is listed in the WB-62 Sumerian King List recension as the last king ofSumer prior to the Great Flood...
King ofSumer and Akkad (Sumerian: 𒈗𒆠𒂗𒄀𒆠𒌵 lugal-ki-en-gi-ki-uri, Akkadian: šar māt Šumeri u Akkadi) was a royal title in Ancient Mesopotamia combining...
lapis lazuli to Sumer. Carnelian was also supplied by the Indus River Valley Civilization, who also had a large textile trade with Sumer. Gudea supposedly...
back the kingship of the land ofSumer." This source lives on the borderline between history and literary composition. Some elements of it are from Old...
for centuries. As a result, the political historyofSumer is one of almost constant warfare. Eventually Sumer was unified by Eannatum. The unification...
of Ur (26th-25th century BCE) The First Dynasty of Ur was a 26th-25th century BCE dynasty of rulers of the city of Ur in ancient Sumer. It is part of...
"Sumer is icumen in" is the incipit of a medieval English round or rota of the mid-13th century; it is also known variously as the Summer Canon and the...
the founder of the "Sargonic" or "Old Akkadian" dynasty, which ruled for about a century after his death until the Gutian conquest ofSumer. The Sumerian...
played a leading role in the early urbanization ofSumer in the mid-4th millennium BC. By the final phase of the Uruk period around 3100 BC, the city may...
current price system today. Temples are history's first documented creditors at interest, beginning in Sumer in the third millennium. Later, in their...
completion of construction of the Great Ziggurat of Ur, begun by his father Ur-Nammu. On his inscriptions, he took the titles "King of Ur", "King ofSumer and...
The historyof education extends at least as far back as the first written records recovered from ancient civilizations. Historical studies have included...
was the religion practiced by the people ofSumer, the first literate civilization found in recorded history and based in ancient Mesopotamia. The Sumerians...
different versions of the hymn constitute to a single literary work. HistoryofSumer Epic of Gilgamesh Sumerian literature Agag a.^ The rest of the Kish dynasty...
Dim sum (traditional Chinese: 點心; simplified Chinese: 点心; pinyin: diǎn xīn; Jyutping: dim2 sam1) is a large range of small Chinese dishes that are traditionally...
by the lavish remains of the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The Sumerian King List provides a tentative political historyof ancient Sumer and mentions, among others...
Information of Candidate: Institute Portal MP: BJP's Sumer Singh Solanki's candidature may be cancelled "Madhya Pradesh: BJP gives Rajya Sabha ticket to Sumer Singh...
names are not included in all versions of the king list. Chronology of the ancient Near East HistoryofSumer List of Mesopotamian dynasties Mesopotamia:...
in history 1245 to 1208 BC – Tukulti-Ninurta I, king of Assyria, first native Mesopotamian ruler in Babylon, took on the ancient title "King ofSumer and...
judgment on all the cities ofSumer, making her herself the ruler of the land and most powerful of all the gods. When now the city of Ur rebels against her...
Renaissance ofSumer is a period of the historyof Mesopotamia that includes the years between the fall of the Akkadian Empire and the period of the Amorite...
The Literature of Ancient Sumer. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-155572-5. Cunningham, Graham. "ETCSLcatalogue". Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature...
insurgence of Gilgamesh power, both from lord to king, and on the personal level with Aga, from a vassal to an independent king. HistoryofSumer Agag a.^...
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