Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

Cuneiform uses wedge-shaped symbols – which describe the early creation of the world. The map also showcased Mesopotamia, the land of the rivers, and a historical area of the Middle East.

Settled around 4500 B.C.E. in modern-day Iraq, Sumer is the world’s oldest known civilization ... blueprints for buildings, ...

The texts contain cuneiform symbols, an early writing system, and show the red tape of government bureaucracy dates back over 4,000 years. They are being cleaned by British-American conservator Dana ...

This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur ... Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the museums and members of the public.

Settled around 4500 B.C.E. in modern-day Iraq, Sumer is the world’s oldest known civilization. During the third millennium B.C.E., Sumerians built Girsu, a “megacity,” and dedicated it to ...

This is a Sumerian cuneiform clay tablet from the Ur III period, c.2100 B.C. This was the heyday of the Sumerian civilisation which occupied much of modern day Iraq. Sumerian was a non-Semitic ...