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Sumer (/ Λ s uΛ m Ιr /) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
The Sumerian King List provides a tentative political history of ancient Sumer and mentions, among others, ... This is the first high-resolution map, derived from ...
The history of Sumer spans through the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumer was the region's earliest known civilization and ended with the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2004 BCE.
Self made map and text.:You asked about my map of Sumer. Yes, it is one I prepared myself from multiple sources, including a base map from Bartholemews World Atlas, and the Times ATlas of the World, supplimented from various historical atlases. John D. Croft 17:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC) Author
Eridu (Sumerian: π£ π , romanized: NUN.KI; Sumerian: eridug ki; Akkadian: irîtu) was a Sumerian city located at Tell Abu Shahrain (Arabic: ΨͺΩ Ψ£Ψ¨Ω Ψ΄ΩΨ±ΩΩ), also Abu Shahrein or Tell Abu Shahrayn, an archaeological site in Lower Mesopotamia. It is located in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, near the modern city of Basra.
Mesopotamia in the time of Hammurabi. Larsa (Sumerian: πππ , romanized: UD.UNUG KI, [1] read Larsam ki [2]), also referred to as Larancha/Laranchon (Gk. Λαραγχων) by Berossos and connected with the biblical Ellasar, was an important city-state of ancient Sumer, the center of the cult of the sun god Utu with his temple E-babbar.
The languages that were spoken during the Ubaid period cannot be determined. Despite the fact that the Ubaid period is prehistorical, it has featured prominently in discussions on the origin and presence of the Sumerian and Akkadian languages in Sumer. This debate has been called the "Sumerian problem" or "Sumerian question".
Map of the Near East showing the extent of the Akkadian Empire and the general area in which Akkad was located. Akkad (/ Λ æ k æ d /; also spelt Accad, Akkade, a-kaβ-deβ ki or Agade, Akkadian: ππ΅ππ akkadê, also π΅π URI KI in Sumerian during the Ur III period) was the capital of the Akkadian Empire, which was the dominant political force in Mesopotamia during a period ...