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The Sumerians
Lost Civilizations
Series: Lost Civilizations
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The Sumerians
The loss, discovery and reinvention of the world's earliest civilization, the Sumerians.
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The Sumerians are widely believed to have created the world's earliest civilisation on the fertile floodplains of southern Iraq from about 3500 to 2000 BC. They have been credited with the invention of nothing less than cities, writing, and the wheel, and therefore hold an ancient mirror to our own urban, literate world. But is this picture correct?
Paul Collins reveals how the idea of a Sumerian people was assembled from the archaeological and textual evidence uncovered in Iraq and Syria over the last 150 years. Reconstructed through the biases of those who unearthed them, the Sumerians were never simply lost and found, but reinvented a number of times, both in antiquity and in the more recent past.
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The Sumerians by Paul Collins is praised for its engaging and authoritative depiction of Sumerian civilization. The book highlights the cultural and technological achievements of the Sumerians, such as the invention of cuneiform writing and the sexagesimal system of mathematics. Reviewers appreciate Collins’s clear and expert narrative that vividly brings the ancient society to life, along with the book’s excellent illustrations.
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ISBN: 9781789144154
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 17 May 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Illustration: 52 illustrations, 37 in colour
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Paul Collins is Keeper of the Middle East Department at the British Museum. Specializing in the art and archaeology of Mesopotamia and Iran, his books include Assyrian Palace Sculptures (2008) and Mountains and Lowlands: Ancient Iran and Mesopotamia (2016).
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