- 4000 – c. 2500 BC.
Sumerians The term "Sumer" (Akkadian: 𒋗𒈨𒊒, romanized: šumeru)
comes from the
Akkadian name for the "
Sumerians", the
ancient non-Semitic-speaking...
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Sumerian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Sumerian or
Sumerians may
refer to: Sumer, an
ancient civilization Sumerian language Sumerian art Sumerian...
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Sumerian (
Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized: eme-gir15, lit. ''native language'') was the
language of
ancient Sumer. It is one of the
oldest attested languages...
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Sumerian religion Sumerian religion was the
religion practiced by the
people of Sumer, the
first literate civilization found in
recorded history and based...
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earliest known writing system and was
originally developed to
write the
Sumerian language of
southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Over the
course of its...
- The
Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or
Chronicle of the One
Monarchy is an
ancient literary composition written in
Sumerian that was
likely created...
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literary history of
Gilgamesh begins with five
Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh (formerly read as
Sumerian "Bilgames"), king of Uruk, some of
which may date...
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Anunnaki (
Sumerian: 𒀭𒀀𒉣𒈾, also
transcribed as Anunaki, Annunaki, Anunna,
Ananaki and
other variations) are a
group of
deities of the
ancient Sumerians, Akkadians...
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Sumerian literature constitutes the
earliest known corpus of
recorded literature,
including the
religious writings and
other traditional stories maintained...
- The
ancient Mesopotamian underworld (known in
Sumerian as Kur, Irkalla, ****ku, Arali, or Kigal, and in
Akkadian as Erṣetu), was the
lowermost part of the...
