: Sketches the scholarly efforts to decipher cuneiform and details Sumer’s political history from the fifth millennium to the early second millennium B.C..
: Considers the lasting impact on the modern world, including early instances of law, mathematics (the degree of an angle), and literature. Availability and Formats The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Char...
The book is structured into eight chapters that cover the entirety of Sumerian life: : Sketches the scholarly efforts to decipher cuneiform