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Sumerians: Inventors of Civilization

Sumer established the model of urban kingship, law, and civilization in southern Mesopotamia, producing numerous cultural innovations and enduring through defined historical periods.
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What sparked humanity's first cities in Mesopotamia?

One of the most southerly sites, at the very edge of the alluvial river plain and close to the marshes: the transitional zone between sea and land, with its shifting watercourses, islands and deep reed thickets.
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Ur: the center of the Sumerian Renaissance

Ur was an influential Sumerian port city and ancient trade center in southern Mesopotamia with notable archaeological finds and contested biblical associations.
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