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FIVE FACTS ABOUT ANCIENT SUMMER?

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#1 The Sumerian city of Eridu is arguably the oldest city in the world.

#2 Sumerian city Uruk became most likely the largest city in the world.

#3 Sumerian king Eannatum founded one of the first known empires in history.

#4 Sumer lost its separate identity after it was conquered by the Amorites.

#5 SUMERIAN LANGUAGE REMAINED IN LITERARY USE TILL FIRST CENTURY AD

#6 SUMER’S CUNEIFORM SCRIPT IS CONSIDERED ITS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT

#7 THERE IS A SUMERIAN FLOOD MYTH AKIN TO THE GENESIS FLOOD NARRATIVE IN THE BIBLE

#8 GILGAMESH FEATURES IN THE SUMERIAN KING LIST

i hope this helps and i hope i thought of the right thing when you said ancient summer

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1)?One of the larger Sumerian cities may have had 80,000 residents
2) The list of Sumerian rulers includes one woman.
3)The Sumerian city-states were often at war with one another.
4)The Sumerians were famously fond of beer.
5)Cuneiform writing was used for over 3,000 years
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