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Sumer

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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Dates
c. 3300 – c. 1900 BC
Followed by
Akkadian Empire
Geographical range
Mesopotamia, Near East, Middle East
Language
Sumerian
Period
Chalcolithic, Bronze Age
Preceded by
Ubaid period

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Archeological discovery

City-states in Mesopotamia

History

Population

Culture

Legacy

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Sumer

Nodes486
Edges485
Triples349
Avg. degree2
Density0.004115
Components1

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Sumer

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related to Archeological discovery · 26
Sumer → Akkad, Arno Poebel, Chaldée, Decouvertes, Ernest, François Thureau-Dangin, French, German, Girsu, Grammatik, Grundzüge, January, John Punnett Peters, Jules Oppert, Les Inscriptions, Léon Heuzey, Major, Nippur, Pennsylvania, Robert Koldewey
related to Gutian period · 24
Sumer → Akkad, Akkad's, Akkadian, Akkadian Empire, BC, Following, Gutian, Gutians, Mesopotamia, Shar-Kali-Sharri, Shortly, Sumerians, The, The Gutian, The Gutian Dynasty, There, Third Dynasty, Tirigan, Ur, Ur-Nammu
related to Ur III period · 24
Sumer → Akkadian-speaking Semites, Already, Amorites, Assyria, Babylonia, Babylonian Empire, BC, Eshnunna, Isin, Larsa, Later, Latin, Medieval, Mesopotamia, Old Assyrian Empire, Semitic, Semitic Martu, Shulgi, Sumerian, The
related to Early Dynastic Period · 22
Sumer → As, BC, Both Gilgamesh, Cities, Dumuzid, Early Dynastic, En, Enmebaragesi, Enmerkar, Epic, Etana, Gal, Gilgamesh, Kish, Lu, Lugal, Lugalbanda, Mesopotamia, Semitic, Sumerian
related to Akkadian Empire · 19
Sumer → Akkad, Akkadian, BC, Elam, Gelb, It, Kish, Old Akkadian, Sargon, Sargonic, Semitic, Sumerian, The Akkadian Empire, The Eastern Semitic Akkadian, There, Thorkild Jacobsen, Ur III, Use, Westenholz
related to Origins · 19
Sumer → Although, BC, Eurasian, Fertile Crescent, Green Sahara, However, Indo-European, Lazaridis, Middle East, Most, Natufian, Natufians, North African, Others, Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Semitic, Sumerian, Sumerians, West Asian
related to history · 16
Sumer → After, Amorite, Babylonian, BC, Early Dynastic III, Gutian, Isin, It, Mesopotamia, Sumerian, The Akkadian Empire, The Amorite, The Sumerian, Ubaid, Ur III, Uruk
related to Legacy · 15
Sumer → Babylonia, BC, Central Europe, Egyptian, Evidence, Greeks, Jiahu, Maykop, Mesopotamia, Northern Caucasus, Tartaria, The, The Sumerians, They, This
related to Name · 15
Sumer → Akkadian, Country, East Semitic-speaking, Egyptian Sngr, Emegir, Hebrew, Hittite, In, Kengir, Mesopotamia, Semitic-speaking, Sumerian, Sumerians, The, The Akkadians
related to Population · 14
Sumer → BC, C-14, Euphrates, Given, However, Mesopotamia, Sumer's, Sumerian, The, The Sumerian, The Sumerians, Tigris, Ubaid, Uruk

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sumerian bc period uruk mesopotamia sumerians ur akkadian early first language dynastic dynasty cities also known bronze used iii southern

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SumerDatesc. 3300 – c. 1900 BC1.00infobox
SumerFollowed byAkkadian Empire1.00infobox
SumerGeographical rangeMesopotamia, Near East, Middle East1.00infobox
SumerLanguageSumerian1.00infobox
SumerPeriodChalcolithic, Bronze Age1.00infobox
SumerPreceded byUbaid period1.00infobox
SumerReligionSumerian religion1.00infobox
Enkiinstance ofDilmun was also mentioned as the home of deities0.80text
šišitu in Akkadian medical texts indicate the hymeninstance ofIt is unclear whether terms0.80text
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 Eastinstance ofIt is unclear whether terms0.80text
goldinstance ofMetals0.80text
silverinstance ofMetals0.80text

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