c. 4500–1900 BCESouthern Mesopotamia (Iraq)
Sumerian
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The world's earliest urban civilisation in southern Mesopotamia, inventing writing, the wheel and the city-state.
Religion
Polytheistic pantheon including Anu, Enlil, Enki and Inanna; ziggurats as temple platforms.
Technology
Cuneiform writing, the wheel, irrigation, mathematics (base-60).
Writing
Cuneiform on clay tablets — the world's first script.
Architecture
Ziggurats, mud-brick temples and walled city-states.
Major sites
2 known locations
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DOCUMENTARY
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The Ultimate Finding
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LECTURE
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HISTORY
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History with Cy
The First Dynasty of Lagash and Its Forever War with Umma (Ancient Sumer, 2600–2334 BC)
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Null Source
The Sumerian Tablet Listing 5 Species That Existed Before Humans — And How Each One Ended
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Genesis Chamber
The Sumerian Tablet That Describes a Second Earth — And the Bridge That Connects It to Ours
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