Sumerians

Author : Samuel Noah Kramer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226452326

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The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them. Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world. "There are few scholars in the world qualified to write such a book, and certainly Kramer is one of them. . . . One of the most valuable features of this book is the quantity of texts and fragments which are published for the first time in a form available to the general reader. For the layman the book provides a readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture. For the specialist it presents a synthesis with which he may not agree but from which he will nonetheless derive stimulation."—American Journal of Archaeology "An uncontested authority on the civilization of Sumer, Professor Kramer writes with grace and urbanity."—Library Journal

Author : Harriet E. W. Crawford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0521533384

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Sumer and the Sumerians by Harriet E. W. Crawford Pdf

This work reviews the social and technological developments in Mesopotamia from 3800 to 2000 BC.

Author : Paul Collins
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789144239

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The Sumerians by Paul Collins Pdf

The Sumerians are widely believed to have created the world’s earliest civilization on the fertile floodplains of southern Iraq from about 3500 to 2000 BCE. They have been credited with the invention of nothing less than cities, writing, and the wheel, and therefore hold an ancient mirror to our own urban, literate world. But is this picture correct? Paul Collins reveals how the idea of a Sumerian people was assembled from the archaeological and textual evidence uncovered in Iraq and Syria over the last one hundred fifty years. Reconstructed through the biases of those who unearthed them, the Sumerians were never simply lost and found, but reinvented a number of times, both in antiquity and in the more recent past.

Author : Samuel Noah Kramer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : History
ISBN : 0226452387

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The Sumerians by Samuel Noah Kramer Pdf

The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is a compendium of what is known about them. The author outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world.

Author : Henry Freeman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781534611344

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Sumerians by Henry Freeman Pdf

A legendary civilization vanished under the Fertile Crescent and escaped a fate worse than death until Sumerologists questioned widely accepted truths. The Sumerians reemerged onto the extraordinary timeline of human history. Their tales of kings and gods, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, and their fearless trade in distant lands, during the remarkable Bronze Age, centered in the world’s first city-states that chronicled ancient rivalries and their enduring impact. Inside you will read about... ✓ How We Know What We Know About Sumerians ✓ The Bronze Age – Sumer And Its Contemporaries ✓ How Did The Sumerians Become Civilized? ✓ How Long Were They Around ✓ Primer Of Impact Of Sumerian Ancient Civilization On Our World ✓ What Did They Look Like? ✓ What Shaped Their Worldview? And much more! Our journey relies on excavated and historical evidence to explore their productive fascinations with order and man’s place in the universe. Their application of impressive knowledge helps us unfold their mysterious civilization.

Author : SAMUEL NOAH KRAMER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE SUMERIANS THEIR HISTORY. CULTURE, AND CHARACTER by SAMUEL NOAH KRAMER Pdf

Author : Leonard Woolley
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : History
ISBN : 0393002926

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The Sumerians by Leonard Woolley Pdf

Describes the civilization of the Sumerians, who inhabited the land which today is Iraq, in the beginning of the fourth millennium B.C.

Author : Harriet E. W. Crawford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1991-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521388503

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Sumer and the Sumerians by Harriet E. W. Crawford Pdf

Reviews the social and technological developments in Mesopotamia, from 3800 to 2000 BC.

Author : Harriet Crawford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136219115

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The Sumerian World by Harriet Crawford Pdf

The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 - 2,000BC. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and the natural sciences. This broad treatment will also make the volume of interest to students looking for comparative data in allied subjects such as ancient literature and early religions. Providing an authoritative, comprehensive and up to date overview of the Sumerian period written by some of the best qualified scholars in the field, The Sumerian World will satisfy students, researchers, academics, and the knowledgeable layperson wishing to understand the world of southern Mesopotamia in the third millennium.

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1720228035

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The Sumerians: A History from Beginning to End by Hourly History Pdf

The Sumerians The Sumerians settled in the area known as Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, around five thousand years ago. They produced many fundamental changes to the way in which human societies developed

Author : Jane Shuter
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 143291331X

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The Sumerians by Jane Shuter Pdf

What is a ziggurat? How were the Sumerians riled? Why did the Sumerian civilization disappear? This book answers these questions and more. Learn what Sumerians wore, what they ate, how they traveled from place to place, and find out how we know about them today.

Author : Samuel Noah Kramer
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781839742941

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Sumerian Mythology by Samuel Noah Kramer Pdf

The Sumerians were a non-Semitic, non-Indo-European people who flourished in southern Babylonia from the beginning of the fourth to the end of the third millennium B.C. During this long stretch of time the Sumerians, whose racial and linguistic affiliations are still unclassifiable, represented the dominant cultural group of the entire Near East. This cultural dominance manifested itself in three directions: 1. It was the Sumerians who developed and probably invented the cuneiform system of writing which was adopted by nearly all the peoples of the Near East and without which the cultural progress of western Asia would have been largely impossible. 2. The Sumerians developed religious and spiritual concepts together with a remarkably well integrated pantheon which influenced profoundly all the peoples of the Near East, including the Hebrews and the Greeks. Moreover, by way of Judaism, Christianity, and Mohammedanism, not a few of these spiritual and religious concepts have permeated the modern civilized world. 3. The Sumerians produced a vast and highly developed literature, largely poetic in character, consisting of epics and myths, hymns and lamentations, proverbs and “words of wisdom.” These compositions are inscribed in cuneiform script on clay tablets which date largely from approximately 2000 B.C.

Author : Captivating History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1647484596

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Sumerians by Captivating History Pdf

This civilization is single-handedly responsible for some of the most major innovations in nearly every field relevant to maintaining a civilized society - this includes religion, lawmaking, architecture, schooling, art, literature, and even entertainment.

Author : Jeremy A. Black
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0199296332

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The Literature of Ancient Sumer by Jeremy A. Black Pdf

Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5,000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, proverbs and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. This is a comprehensive collection.

Author : Francis W. Galpin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521180634

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The Music of the Sumerians by Francis W. Galpin Pdf

A thorough and carefully researched 1937 account of the music of the Sumerians and their immediate predecessors, the Babylonians and Assyrians. On its publication, this book was one of the few studies to concentrate on the music of the ancient civilisations of modern-day Iraq, and is still valued today.