History Begins at Sumer
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Kramer ranked among the world's foremost Sumerologists. . . . The book will interest both the scholar and the general educated reader.--Religious Studies Bulletin
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1988-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780812212761 |
Which civilization had the first system of law? The first formal educational system? The first tax cut? The first love song? The answers were found in excavations of ancient Sumer, a society so developed, resourceful, and enterprising that it, in a sense, created history. The book presents a cross section of the Sumerian "firsts" in all the major fields of human endeavor, including government and politics, education and literature, philosophy and ethics, law and justice, agriculture and medicine, even love and family. History Begins at Sumer is the classic account of the achievements of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq during the third millennium B.C. They were the developers of the cuneiform system of writing, perhaps their greatest contribution to civilization, which allowed laws and literature to be recorded for the first time.
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2010-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226452328 |
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. 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. For the layman the book provides a readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture. For the specialist it presents a synthesis with which he may not agree but from which he will nonetheless derive stimulation."—American Journal of Archaeology "An uncontested authority on the civilization of Sumer, Professor Kramer writes with grace and urbanity."—Library Journal
Author | : Jane Shuter |
Publisher | : Heinemann-Raintree Library |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781432913311 |
What is a ziggurat? How were the Sumerians riled? Why did the Sumerian civilization disappear? This book answers these questions and more. Learn what Sumerians wore, what they ate, how they traveled from place to place, and find out how we know about them today.
Author | : Henry Freeman |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 90 |
Release | : 2016-07-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1534611347 |
A legendary civilization vanished under the Fertile Crescent and escaped a fate worse than death until Sumerologists questioned widely accepted truths. The Sumerians reemerged onto the extraordinary timeline of human history. Their tales of kings and gods, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, and their fearless trade in distant lands, during the remarkable Bronze Age, centered in the world’s first city-states that chronicled ancient rivalries and their enduring impact. Inside you will read about... ✓ How We Know What We Know About Sumerians ✓ The Bronze Age – Sumer And Its Contemporaries ✓ How Did The Sumerians Become Civilized? ✓ How Long Were They Around ✓ Primer Of Impact Of Sumerian Ancient Civilization On Our World ✓ What Did They Look Like? ✓ What Shaped Their Worldview? And much more! Our journey relies on excavated and historical evidence to explore their productive fascinations with order and man’s place in the universe. Their application of impressive knowledge helps us unfold their mysterious civilization.
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2020-08-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1725282895 |
This ambitious and well-researched study brings together for the first time translations of the ancient literature concerning the Sumerian god Enki, one of four gods and goddesses who comprised the highest level of the Sumerian pantheon. The very existence of these writings, which date from the Third Millennium B.C., was unknown until about 100 years ago, when their cuneiform script was deciphered. Since then, it has become apparent that Sumerian literature had a profound and enduring influence on both Biblical and classical Greek literature, and so on the literature of the western world as a whole. Kramer, one of the world's leading sumerologists, has prepared these translations from among the scores of works he has published over the last fifty years; John Maier provides a full interpretive framework that places the translations in their broader comparative cultural context. This rare collection will be of interest to students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines from Near Eastern and Biblical Studies to Mythology and Comparative Literature.
Author | : Jeremy A. Black |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780199296330 |
Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5,000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, proverbs and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. This is a comprehensive collection.