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The Sumerian Civilization: An Enthralling Overview of Sumer and the Ancient Sumerians
How much do you know about the “cradle of civilization?” Come explore the legacy of the brilliant ancient Mesopotamians who transformed the world.
Ancient Mesopotamia’s legacy was truly revolutionary. Childlike pictures scratched into wet clay evolved into the first written language. The Mesopotamians wrote the first epic poems, the first hymns, the first histories, and the first law codes. They developed the first wheel for transportation; simple carts that hauled bricks or produce morphed into chariots racing along at thirty-five miles per hour.
They gazed at the sky and mapped it, observing the planets’ retrograde motions and predicting lunar and solar eclipses. They developed the concept of time, measurements, basic counting, higher math, and hydraulic engineering.
Mesopotamia gave birth to the world’s first great empires—the Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Achaemenids—which stretched over three continents.
A glimpse at the questions this overview unpacks old is the world’s first city?How did the Eridu Genesis compare to Noah and the ark?How fast was the world’s first postal system?How many times did Babylon’s patron god Marduk get stolen?How did Hammurabi’s law code compare to the Law of Moses?Who calculated pi (π) to the value of 3.125 and understood the Pythagorean theorem twelve centuries before Pythagoras was born?Did Xerxes really have a million men in his army?Which empire encompassed 44 percent of the world’s population?What eunuch poisoned most of the Persian royal family?And much, much more!
Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to learn the stories of incredible ancient Mesopotamia!
Ancient Mesopotamia’s legacy was truly revolutionary. Childlike pictures scratched into wet clay evolved into the first written language. The Mesopotamians wrote the first epic poems, the first hymns, the first histories, and the first law codes. They developed the first wheel for transportation; simple carts that hauled bricks or produce morphed into chariots racing along at thirty-five miles per hour.
They gazed at the sky and mapped it, observing the planets’ retrograde motions and predicting lunar and solar eclipses. They developed the concept of time, measurements, basic counting, higher math, and hydraulic engineering.
Mesopotamia gave birth to the world’s first great empires—the Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Achaemenids—which stretched over three continents.
A glimpse at the questions this overview unpacks old is the world’s first city?How did the Eridu Genesis compare to Noah and the ark?How fast was the world’s first postal system?How many times did Babylon’s patron god Marduk get stolen?How did Hammurabi’s law code compare to the Law of Moses?Who calculated pi (π) to the value of 3.125 and understood the Pythagorean theorem twelve centuries before Pythagoras was born?Did Xerxes really have a million men in his army?Which empire encompassed 44 percent of the world’s population?What eunuch poisoned most of the Persian royal family?And much, much more!
Scroll up and click the “add to cart” button to learn the stories of incredible ancient Mesopotamia!
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160 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 7, 2022
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July 28, 2022
I have read many books on Sumeria and the Biblical world (Mesopotamia). This book is excellent. Easy to read and very informative. It also contains many helpful illustrations. Recommended.
December 5, 2022
Really interesting!
This book is very interesting. It is unbelievable to know that you are reading about the very first civilisation, the Sumerians, who had 39 firsts including the invention of writing, irrigation and the wheel etc. You learn a lot about the different, city-states, kings, wars, gods, creation myths and a lot more etc. A valuable read. I highly recommend!
This book is very interesting. It is unbelievable to know that you are reading about the very first civilisation, the Sumerians, who had 39 firsts including the invention of writing, irrigation and the wheel etc. You learn a lot about the different, city-states, kings, wars, gods, creation myths and a lot more etc. A valuable read. I highly recommend!
August 10, 2025
I enjoyed this book. It was sort of pitched to a high school or 100 undergraduate level of reading. That along with the fact that it was pretty short are my only criticisms.
May 18, 2023
Awesome Read!
I am way over my head with this topic. But, I found the authors take on this mammoth, far-reaching subject to be quite "digestible" without being simplistic. Well done!
I am way over my head with this topic. But, I found the authors take on this mammoth, far-reaching subject to be quite "digestible" without being simplistic. Well done!
July 23, 2022
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. I found it very informative with several things unknown to me that was only enhanced by the pictures and maps.
July 29, 2025
“La civilización Sumeria”, de Billy Wellman, es una obra perfecta para sumergirse en el mundo de los sumerios, la civilización más antigua y misteriosa del mundo. Se hace un repaso de todos sus gobernantes, batallas, descubrimientos y legado cultural que ha llegado hasta nuestros días. La Baja Mesopotamia comprendía ciudades importantes como Uruk, Lagash, Ur o Eridu, que vieron florecer los primeros vestigios de civilización, el comercio o el primer sistema de escritura. Wellman narra de manera amena e inmersiva, aportando mapas e imágenes de arte sumerio, con objeto de acercar el mundo sumerio al lector profano. Habla de hechos demostrados, pero también de misterios pendientes de resolver. Wellman es autor de obras relacionadas con el antiguo Egipto, los acadios y Esparta. Un libro ideal para adentrarse en esta apasionante civilización.
December 10, 2023
A good very brief encounter with the Sumer civilizations, and an account of the current status of scientific knowledge about their cultures, which now are bundled together in what seems to me to be somewhat unnatural, but, which surely, requires more efforts to uncover and understand.
April 2, 2023
Such a great book!!!! I really loved it.
June 23, 2023
A very decent read
As stated above, you'll find the same, I'm sure. Yet, even if you bolster it to be a great read, no disappointment should be found here.
As stated above, you'll find the same, I'm sure. Yet, even if you bolster it to be a great read, no disappointment should be found here.
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