Sumer

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Sumer was one of the earliest known civilizations in southern Mesopotamia, renowned for developing cuneiform writing, city-states like Ur and Uruk, and foundational advances in law, literature, and architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age civilization
ancient civilization
historical region
archaeologicalSiteIncludes Eridu archaeological site
Ur archaeological site
Uruk archaeological site
capitalAtVariousTimes Lagash
Ur
Uruk
conqueredBy Akkadian Empire
linked to: Akkad
culturalLegacyInfluenced Akkadian civilization
linked to: Akkadians

Assyrian civilization
linked to: Assyria

Babylonian civilization
linked to: Babylonians
declinePeriod late 3rd millennium BCE
developed early legal codes
early schools (edubba)
irrigation agriculture
sexagesimal number system
temple-centered city-state system
ziggurats
economyBasedOn agriculture
animal husbandry
trade
flourishedDuring 3rd millennium BCE
4th millennium BCE
hasCityState Eridu
Kish
Lagash
Larsa
Nippur
Umma
Ur
Uruk
hasFamousRuler Eannatum
Gilgamesh
Gudea
Lugalzagesi
Ur-Nammu
knownFor development of cuneiform writing
early city-states
early law codes
early literature
monumental architecture
language Sumerian language
laterIncorporatedInto Old Babylonian Empire
Ur III dynasty
legalCode Code of Ur-Nammu
locatedIn Mesopotamia
southern Mesopotamia
locatedInPresentDay Iraq
pantheonIncludes Anu
Enki
Enlil
Inanna
Nanna
Utu
partOf Fertile Crescent
linked to: Mesopotamia
politicalStructure independent city-states
temple-centered governance
producedWork Epic of Gilgamesh
Instructions of Shuruppak
Kesh Temple Hymn
religion Sumerian religion
usedMaterial bitumen
mudbrick
reed
writingSystem cuneiform

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Mesopotamia contains Sumer
Mesopotamia earliestCivilizations Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
Iraq historicalRegion Sumer
Neo-Babylonian Empire locatedIn Lower Mesopotamia
linked to: Sumer
Bronze Age associatedWith Sumerians
linked to: Sumer
Ancient Near East collection hasLanguageOfInscriptions Sumerian
linked to: Sumer
Inanna region Sumer
Inanna worshippedBy Sumerians
linked to: Sumer
Akkad adjacentTo Sumer
Akkad contrastedWith Sumer
Nippur ancientRegion Sumer
Uruk locatedIn ancient Sumer
linked to: Sumer
Ur locatedIn Sumer
Ur partOf Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
Ur associatedWithCulture Sumerian culture
linked to: Sumer
Anu worshipRegion Sumer
Department of Near Eastern Antiquities focusesOn Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
Ur of the Chaldeans associatedWithCulture Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
Tammuz culture Sumerian culture
subject linked to: Mesopotamian deity Tammuz
linked to: Sumer
Tammuz worshipRegion Sumer
subject linked to: Mesopotamian deity Tammuz
Tigris–Euphrates river system supportedCivilization Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
Amorites conflictWith Sumerian city-states
linked to: Sumer
Al-Furāt associatedWith Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
Akkadians predecessorCulture Sumerians
linked to: Sumer
Standard of Ur culture Sumerian
linked to: Sumer
Nergal worshipedIn Sumer
Ancient Near East containsCivilization Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
Dumuzi worshipRegion Sumer
Tammuz worshipRegion Sumer
Ereshkigal worshipRegion Sumer
Eanna temple complex locatedInCountry ancient Sumer
linked to: Sumer
Ekur locatedIn ancient Sumer
linked to: Sumer
Early Dynastic period culture Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
Ur III period locatedIn Sumer
Nuska worshipRegion Sumer
Sumerian King List mainSubject kings of Sumer
linked to: Sumer
Niffer associatedWithCivilization Sumerian civilization
linked to: Sumer
Akitu celebratedIn Sumer