Do you want to discover the Sumerian History and mythology that have inspired men and women around the world for thousands of years? Sumerian History and mythology have been shrouded in mystery for thousands of years.
The people at the heart of Sumerian civilization - living in modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, and other places - these people were part of a culture so far removed from the Do you want to discover the Sumerian History and mythology that have inspired men and women around the world for thousands of years? Su.
The world of the Sumerians was unlike our own.
Indeed, European travelers to the Orient in the 18th century discovered that there were still districts where the goddess Inanna (more than five thousand years old then) was still worshipped in secret.
The Sumerians told many tales of gods like Inanna, An, Ashur, and Enlil, tales that helped the civilizations of Mesopotamia endure for nearly 4000 years.
It was a world of birds with the faces of lions, gods with the wings of birds, and seductive goddesses who symbolically married the kings of the various city-states.
These tales of heroes and gods were deeply important to the Mesopotamian people and learning about them is the only way to understand the kind of world they lived in and how it was different from our own.
This book explores the tales of gods and heroes in a concise, easy-to-read fashion.
The Sumerians used their stories as a way to instruct others and how they lived and even to help themselves understand their world.
They were men who became gods, earning their place in immortality in more ways than one.
And heroes like Gilgamesh have helped define what it means to be a hero today.
The way that we measure time, observe the stars, and even plant and grow crops has a lot to do with the advancements made by the Sumerians more than six thousand years ago.
Sumerian civilization has become an intrinsic part of how we live today, even if most of us are unaware of it.
Sumerian mythology was so powerful that some of their gods found their way into different cultures, the most famous example of this being Aphrodite who began life as the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
The stories of Enlil, Enkidu, and Gilgamesh are finding new audiences, people interested in learning about a world where the people felt and experienced very differently from how we do today.
These tales of the world\'s very first civilization is now being exposed to the light of day, fascinating men and women around the world.
Do you want to discover the Sumerian History and mythology that have inspired men and women around the world for thousands of years? Sumerian History and mythology have been shrouded in mystery for thousands of years
