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Sumer (/ˈsuːmər/ SOO-mər) 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 5th and 4th millennium BC. Like nearby Elam, it is one of the cradles of civilization, along with Egypt, the Indus Valley, the Erligang culture…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Sumer | Dates | c. 3300 – c. 1900 BC | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sumer | Followed by | Akkadian Empire | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sumer | Geographical range | Mesopotamia, Near East, Middle East | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sumer | Language | Sumerian | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sumer | Period | Chalcolithic, Bronze Age | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sumer | Preceded by | Ubaid period | 1.00 | infobox |
| Sumer | Religion | Sumerian religion | 1.00 | infobox |
| Enki | instance of | Dilmun was also mentioned as the home of deities | 0.80 | text |
| šišitu in Akkadian medical texts indicate the hymen | instance of | It is unclear whether terms | 0.80 | text |
| but it appears that the intactness of the hymen was much less relevant to assessing a woman's virginity than in later cultures of the Near East | instance of | It is unclear whether terms | 0.80 | text |
| gold | instance of | Metals | 0.80 | text |
| silver | instance of | Metals | 0.80 | text |
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