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... Sumerian genius , but this is not indisputably authenticated until the end of the 4th millennium . By 3100 BC , however , the presence of the Sumerians is finally proved by the invention of writing as a vehicle for their own language ...
... Sumerian genius , but this is not indisputably authenticated until the end of the 4th millennium . By 3100 BC , however , the presence of the Sumerians is finally proved by the invention of writing as a vehicle for their own language ...
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... Sumerian cylinder - seal impressions . ( Top ) Feeding the sacred herd , seal impression from Tall al - Warka ' , Iraq , Protoliterate period ( before c . 2900 BC ) . In the State Museum of Berlin . ( Bottom ) Horned animals engraved in ...
... Sumerian cylinder - seal impressions . ( Top ) Feeding the sacred herd , seal impression from Tall al - Warka ' , Iraq , Protoliterate period ( before c . 2900 BC ) . In the State Museum of Berlin . ( Bottom ) Horned animals engraved in ...
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... Sumerian as a spoken language and its replacement by Akkadian . Because of its role as bearer of Sumerian culture , as the language of reli- gion , literature , and many arts , however , Sumerian ( much as Latin in the Middle Ages ) ...
... Sumerian as a spoken language and its replacement by Akkadian . Because of its role as bearer of Sumerian culture , as the language of reli- gion , literature , and many arts , however , Sumerian ( much as Latin in the Middle Ages ) ...
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