The Sumerians - Their History, Culture and Character

Samuel Noah Kramer

The University of Chicago Press

1963

355 páginas

11h 50m

ISBN-10: 0226452387

The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first knows 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. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is knows 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.