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Sacred Texts: Ancient Near East

Sumerian Mythology Index

Ancient MesopotamiaCuneiform WritingSamuel Noah KramerSumerian Mythology

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The Sumerians were a non-Semitic, non-Indo-European people who lived in southern Babylonia from 4000-3000 B.C.E. They invented cunieform writing, and their spiritual beliefs influenced all successive Near Eastern religions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They produced an extensive body of literature, among the oldest in the world.

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