Civilization Mesopotamia and the Levant
Sumer
ܫܘܡܪ arc
Ancient Mesopotamian civilization from 5500 to 1800 BC
- Dated 55th century BCE – 19th century BCE
Overview
ancient Mesopotamian civilization from 5500 to 1800 BCWikidata record description. Read Sumer in the Wikipedia reader.
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Sumer names an ancient civilization and region, rather than an institution or a single religious tradition.
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Affiliation 9
- E-ninnu sumerian temple for Ningirsu in Girsu
- Enlil ancient Mesopotamian god
- Eridu archaeological site in Iraq
- Kish ancient Sumerian city
- Lamashtu demoness in ancient Mesopotamian religion
- Marad archaeological site in Iraq
- Sumerian creation myth creation myth
- Uruk ancient city of Sumer and Babylonia
- Ziggurat of Ur early Bronze Age ziggurat in present-day Iraq
Place 2
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