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The SumeriansBook 1963 • Kramer, Samuel Noah
Early Dynastic Mesopotamia • Middle East > Middle East
This book is a good overview of the Sumerians from about 5000 B.P. to the start of the Babylonian Period in 3750 B.P. (3000 B.C. to 1750 B.C.). Kramer discusses, translates, and presents many original Sumerian texts. Included are texts of myths, lame...