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.
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Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the History of the Sumerian civilization and describes Their cities, religion, literature, edu.
This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them.
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.
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