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Contents 12 One: Archeology and Decipherment 18 Two: History: Heroes, Kings, and Ensi's 48 Three: Society: The Sumerian City 96 Four: Religion: Theology, Rite, and Myth 135 Five: Literature: The Sumerian Belles-Lettres 196 Six: Education: The Sumerian School 260 Seven: Character: Drives, Motives, and Values 280 Eight: The Legacy of Sumer 300 Appendixes 332 A. The Origin and Development of the Cuneiform System of Writing 333 B. The Sumerian Language 337 C. Votive Inscriptions 339 D. Sample Date-Formulas 358 E. Sumerian King List 359 F. Letters 362 G. Ditilla's (court decisions) 366 H. Lipit-Ishtar Law Code 367 I. Farmers' Almanac 371 Selected Bibliography 374 Index 378
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Samuel Noah Kramer
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction