Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

The tablets were discovered in the Sumerian site of Girsu, called Tello today. Settled around 4500 B.C.E. in modern-day Iraq, Sumer is the world’s oldest known civilization. During the third ...

Sebastien Rey highlighted that, as with many mudbrick structures of Mesopotamia, the palace of Girsu was rebuilt or wholly reconstructed several times throughout its history. This pattern of ...

Studying these cities helps us understand early human history and how places were connected. The Sumerian Influence: Eridu, ...

Well, it’ll be history. The civilisation weakened when city rulers began fighting with each other. Flooding meant that crops weren't growing as well. Cities began to struggle. In the end, Sumer ...

A team of archaeologists in Iraq, led by Sebastian Rey, the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia ... important period in Mesopotamian history—featuring charismatic kings such ...