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The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character (Phoenix Books)

The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C.

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This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them.Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology.

Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world."There are few scholars in the world qualified to write such a book, and certainly Kramer is one of them.

One of the most valuable features of this book is the quantity of texts and fragments which are published for the first time in a form available to the general reader.

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Author: Samuel Noah Kramer

Publisher: University Of Chicago Press

Date: Feb. 15, 1971

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