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Does anyone have any info here on the ancient sumerians? I have recently read a book about our possible origins and alot goes back to them. Any info on there beleif system?
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Jun 23 2006, 06:33 PM
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Jun 24 2006, 05:26 AM
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Nice information Faeden:
The term "Sumerian" is an exonym, first applied by the Akkadians. The Sumerians called themselves "the black-headed people" (sag-gi-ga) and their land "place of the civilized lords" (ki-en-gir). The Akkadian word Shumer possibly represents this name in dialect.
The Sumerians were a non-Semitic people and were at one time believed to have been invaders. However, the archaeological record shows cultural continuity from the time of the Early Ubaid period (5200-4500 BC C-14, 6090-5429 calBC) settlements in southern Mesopotamia. The Sumerian people who settled here farmed the lands in this region that were made fertile by the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. |
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