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Sumer

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Feb 13, 2025 09:09 PM History
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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.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/202833934

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    • Kiengir (Sumerian, 3000 BC - 540 BC)
    • Šumeru (Akkadian, 2335 BC - 540 BC)
    • Šumerum (Akkadian, 2335 BC - 1600 BC)
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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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