Sumer

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Sumer was one of the earliest known civilizations in southern Mesopotamia, renowned for developing cuneiform writing, city-states like Ur and Uruk, and foundational advances in law, literature, and architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age civilization
ancient civilization
historical region
archaeologicalSiteIncludes Eridu archaeological site
Ur archaeological site
Uruk archaeological site
capitalAtVariousTimes Lagash
Ur
Uruk
conqueredBy Akkad
surface form: Akkadian Empire
culturalLegacyInfluenced Akkadians
surface form: Akkadian civilization

Assyria
surface form: Assyrian civilization

Babylonians
surface form: Babylonian civilization
declinePeriod late 3rd millennium BCE
developed early legal codes
early schools (edubba)
irrigation agriculture
sexagesimal number system
temple-centered city-state system
ziggurats
economyBasedOn agriculture
animal husbandry
trade
flourishedDuring 3rd millennium BCE
4th millennium BCE
hasCityState Eridu archaeological site
surface form: Eridu

Kish
Lagash
Larsa
Nippur
Umma
Ur
Uruk
hasFamousRuler Eannatum
Gilgamesh
Gudea
Lugalzagesi
Ur-Nammu
knownFor development of cuneiform writing
early city-states
early law codes
early literature
monumental architecture
language Sumerian language
laterIncorporatedInto Old Babylonian Empire
Ur III dynasty
legalCode Code of Ur-Nammu
locatedIn Mesopotamia
southern Mesopotamia
locatedInPresentDay Iraq
pantheonIncludes Anu
Enki
Enlil
Inanna
Nanna
Utu
partOf Mesopotamia
surface form: Fertile Crescent
politicalStructure independent city-states
temple-centered governance
producedWork Epic of Gilgamesh
Instructions of Shuruppak
Kesh Temple Hymn
religion Sumerian religion
usedMaterial bitumen
mudbrick
reed
writingSystem cuneiform

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Akitu practicedBy Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerians
Lagash locatedIn Sumer
Lagash partOf Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian civilization
Kish locatedIn Sumer
this entity surface form: ancient Sumer
Kish culture Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian civilization
Umma locatedIn Sumer
Utu worshipedBy Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerians
Nanna regionOfWorship Sumer
Gilgamesh culture Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Ur-Nammu country Sumer
Gudea locatedIn Sumer
subject surface form: Lagash
Kesh Temple Hymn culture Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian civilization
Ur III dynasty locatedIn Sumer
Ur III dynasty country Sumer
Uruk archaeological site hasCulture Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian civilization
Eannatum civilization Sumer
Eridu archaeological site hasCulture Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian culture
Inanna's Descent to the Underworld culture Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian
Lugalzagesi country Sumer
Larsa locatedIn Sumer
Larsa partOf Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian civilization
Sargon of Akkad campaignsAgainst Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian city-states
Ninlil worshipRegion Sumer
Enmerkar country Sumer
Royal Tombs of Ur associatedWithCulture Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian civilization
Ki worshipRegion Sumer
Antu worshipRegion Sumer
Namtar worshipRegion Sumer
Anunnaki worshipRegion Sumer
Ishkur worshippedIn Sumer
Enkidu associatedWith Sumer
this entity surface form: ancient Sumer
Iraqi people historicalInfluence Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian civilization
Uras worshipRegion Sumer
Damkina worshipRegion Sumer
Akkadian Empire ethnicGroup Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerians
Amar-Sin realm Sumer
Lower Mesopotamia associatedWithCulture Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerians
Lower Mesopotamia wasCenterOf Sumer
this entity surface form: Sumerian civilization
Ibbi-Sin country Sumer