The Sumerians were the first known people to settle in Mesopotamia over
7,000 years ago. Located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia
between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern day Iraq), Sumer was
often called the cradle of civilization. By the 4th millennium BC, it
had established an advanced system writing, spectacular arts and
architecture, astronomy and mathematics. The Akkadians would follow the
Sumerians, borrowing from their culture, producing a new language of
their own, and creating the world’s first empire. #mesopotamia #sumer #empire
Photos taken of the Temple of Ziggurat of Ur, by Kaufingdude, 2007. (Wikimedia Commons)
