Sumer
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Feb 13, 2025 09:09 PM
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Sumer (Akkadian Šumeru; Sumerian Kiengir) is the name of a historical region of southern Mesopotamia, now modern-day southern Iraq. It is home to one of the world’s earliest civilizations and one of the places where writing was first developed. Eridu, Girsu, Lagash, Shuruppak, Umma, Ur, and Uruk are among its most well-known urban centers.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/202833934
31.435273, 45.973967
- Central Point:
- Representative centerpoint of Sumer (3000 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 500 meters.
- None
- Eridu part of (regional) Sumer (6500 BC - 2000 BC)
- Lagash part of (regional) Sumer (4000 BC - 1600 BC)
- Umma part of (regional) Sumer (2950 BC - 2000 BC)
- Ur(i) part of (regional) Sumer (6500 BC - 330 BC)
- Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut part of (regional) Sumer (6500 BC - AD 640)
- [Girsu]/Tello(h) part of (regional) Sumer (6500 BC - 2350 BC)
- Šuruppak part of (regional) Sumer (2950 BC - 2000 BC)
region
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Jamie Novotny, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Sumer: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/202833934> [accessed: 24 May 2025]
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