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Eridu: The Sumerian Garden of Eden and the Oldest City in the World?
... from the 6th to 4th millennia BC. What Was Life Like in Sumer, History’s First Civilization? The Unanswered Mystery ...
dhwty - 11/08/2018 - 22:58
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Iraqi Transport Minister Announces that Sumerians Launched Spaceships 7,000 Years Ago
... between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern day Iraq), Sumer was often called the cradle of civilization. By the 4th ... and Sumerian language. In his book, ‘History Begins at Sumer’, Kramer argues that the Sumerians had the first ... with humans in antiquity, with many believing that ancient Sumer was the first place in which contact was made. ...
aprilholloway - 04/10/2016 - 17:56
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Nippur: The Great Mesopotamian Holy City That Gave Early Ideas Of God
... Mesopotamia. The southern region of Mesopotamia was called Sumer, and consisted of several city-states such as Nippur, each of whom had their own king. The name Sumer actually translates to “land of the civilized ... narrative of the Biblical flood came from this region. Sumer was a highly advanced civilization, and Nippur was an ...
Lex Leigh - 23/04/2022 - 23:14
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The Coveted Title of King of Kish in Ancient Sumer
... did the kings of Kish stand tall in the history of ancient Sumer, the title ‘King of Kish’ was coveted by all great ... priestly ruler. Throughout the long history of the land of Sumer and Uri (later Akkad), the title ‘King of Kish’ was ... titles among the rulers of the various city states. Sumer before the deluge, or Uruk and Zdemdet Nsar periods in ...
Willem McLoud - 08/04/2020 - 23:35
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Nammu: A Forgotten Tale of the Sumerian Mother of Gods
Nammu was the primeval Sumerian mother goddess who gave birth to the gods and created humanity. Despite her extremely important role, much of her story is wrapped in mystery. Some information can be derived by looking at the Babylonian counterpart to Nammu, Tiamat. Because Tiamat is better known in literary sources, researchers can unravel part of the ancient mythology surrounding the goddess Nammu by comparing the two deities.
dhwty - 13/05/2018 - 22:32
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Enmebaragesi, the Semi-Mythical King of Kish
Sumer is regarded by many scholars as the cradle of human ... - is so intriguing and offers a wealth of new discoveries. Sumer is regarded by many scholars as the cradle of human ... is one such ruler, one of the earliest recorded in Sumer history. He was the King of Kish, a powerful city-state ...
Aleksa Vučković - 10/08/2023 - 22:56
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Sip Like a Sumerian: Ancient Beer Recipe Recreated from Millennia-Old Cuneiform Tablets
Nowadays, people drink beer for its good taste and feel-good effects. However, thousands of years ago, beer played a much more central role in society.
aprilholloway - 11/07/2017 - 01:52
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The Nephilim Tradition From Ancient Sumer
... offspring was told about the first royal House of Uruk in Sumer. For the Sumerians this dynasty was unlike any other. ... if not the very greatest, ever to have ruled over Sumer. On top of it all, this royal house was said to have ... with developments taking place during the Uruk Period. Sumer Map indicating location of Uruk ( Summa / CC BY-SA 3.0 ...
Willem McLoud - 03/06/2020 - 18:46
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Sumerians Invented the System of Time 5,000 Years Ago – And We Still Use It Today!
... Sumerians could not process at the time. The land of Sumer was conquered in 2400 BC by the Akkadians and then by ...
Kerry Sullivan - 31/07/2023 - 14:59
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What Was Life Like in Sumer, History’s First Civilization?
... to survive. All that changed about 7,000 years ago, when Sumer, the first civilization, began. For the first time in ... and historians have scoured over the remains of Sumer to give us a glimpse into life in mankind’s first ... their traders. Beer was usually how people were paid. In Sumer, beer wasn’t just a way to get a drunk. It was as ...
Mark Oliver - 21/05/2018 - 13:59
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History’s Lost Transoceanic Voyages: Tamils and Sumerians Among the FIRST to Reach Australia and Antarctica?— PART II
... Press. UK 2001 KRAMER, S. N. History Begins at Sumer. University of Pennsylvania Press; 3rd Revised edition ...
William James Veall - 06/12/2017 - 22:49
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The Ascension of Gilgamesh: Did the Epic Hero Actually Exist?
... List is an ancient stone tablet that lists the Kings of Sumer and was supposedly handed down from the gods. It was ... political tool as the cities vied for hegemony within the Sumer Empire. Gilgamesh appears on the List with no special ...
Kerry Sullivan - 14/09/2017 - 13:57
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The Code of Ur-Nammu: When Ancient Sumerians Laid Down the Law, Everyone Obeyed
The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest surviving law code. This text was written on clay tablets in the Sumerian language and is reckoned to have been produced towards the end of the 3rd millennium BC. The Code of Ur-Nammu may be divided into two parts, the first is the prologue and the second is the laws themselves.
dhwty - 15/09/2021 - 02:00
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The Sumerian Military: Professionals of Weaponry and Warfare
... in Mesopotamia. By the third millennium BCE, the land of Sumer consisted of a dozen or more city-states. These ... and hamlets. Map with the locations of the main cities of Sumer and Elam. (Modern Iraq) ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) A ... some Sumerian graves. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) The city-states of Sumer were centralized. Their centrally controlled society ...
Cam Rea - 17/06/2016 - 15:53
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The Legend of Lugalbanda, The First Sumerian Shaman
... the kings who belonged to the First Dynasty of Uruk in Sumer in ancient Mesopotamia. According to the Sumerian ... of the kings who belonged to the First Dynasty of Uruk in Sumer in ancient Mesopotamia. What is particularly striking ... which date back to the Ur III Period in ancient Sumer (about 2100 BC), constitute the earliest account of ...
Willem McLoud - 19/10/2020 - 18:53
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Enki: The Epic Mesopotamian Water God Who Saved Humanity
In the belief system of the Sumerians, Enki (known also as Ea by the Akkadians and Babylonians) was regarded to be one of the most important deities.
dhwty - 18/06/2019 - 19:39
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4,500-Year-Old Sumerian Palace Uncovered in Iraqi Desert
Reaching the culmination of a search that has been going on for the past several years, a team of archaeologists affiliated with the British Museum has finally unearthed the long-lost remains of a Sumerian palace and temple in the ancient city of Girsu on the southern plains of Iraq.
Nathan Falde - 20/02/2023 - 14:00
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Sumerians Used Straws to Drink Beer from Shared Vessels!
... these intriguing artifacts are the beer pots of ancient Sumer , hinting at a drinking culture that might seem both ...
Joanna Gillan - 03/11/2023 - 21:59
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Lagash, the Lost City of Mesopotamia
... The foremost of these was the civilization of Sumer, well remembered for its revolutionary inventions, such ... and influential player in the politics and economy of Sumer. It had a long and diverse history, but eventually was ... Laid Down the Law, Everyone Obeyed The Rise and Fall of Sumer and Akkad Mud brick foundations and a ziggurat are ...
Aleksa Vučković - 09/01/2022 - 14:00
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The Modern Recreation of Ancient Sumerian Beer
Beer appears to have been an important part of Sumerian culture: the word “beer” appears in many contexts relating to religion, medicine and myth. In fact, the oldest evidence of beer comes from a 6,000-year-old Sumerian tablet depicting people drinking a beverage through reed straws from a communal bowl, and the oldest surviving beer recipe can be found in a 3,900-year-old ancient Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the goddess of brewing, fertility and the harvest. The poem describes how bappir, Sumerian bread, is mixed with “aroma
aprilholloway - 22/06/2013 - 09:46