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American anthropologist no people has contributed more to the culture of mankind than the sumerians, and yet it has been only in recent years that our knowledge of them has become at all accurate or extensive. Easy reading series sumerian mythology a study of spiritual and literary achievement in the third millennium b. Sumerian mythology by samuel noah kramer the sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the semites in the land first known as sumer and later as babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums b. The sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the semites in the land first known as sumer and later as babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the. Global grey free pdf, epub, kindle ebook pages pdf. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. See all books authored by samuel noah kramer, including inanna, queen of heaven and earth. Water in sumerian mythology sumerian mythology and adaptations of. Samuel noah kramer september 28, 1897 november 26, 1990 was one of the worlds leading assyriologists and a worldrenowned expert in sumerian. Their history, culture, and character, and more on.
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