Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and experts from leading universities and research institutions across China to ...

He stated that the Sumerians discovered this monetary unit before the Lydians printed money and produced coins, as well. What was the greatest Sumerian city? A number of Sumerian city-states inhabited ...

The oldest reference in the first known writing — cuneiform — was not about gods or kings, but about beer. Lots of it. It was ...