History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History
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Which civilization had the first system of law? The first formal educational system? The first tax cut? The first love song? The answers were found in excavations of ancient Sumer, a society so developed, resourceful, and enterprising that it, in a sense, created history. The book presents a cross section of the Sumerian "firsts" in all the major fields of human endeavor, including gover... More
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Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Binding | Paperback (3 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 269 |
ISBN-10 | 0812212762 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0812212761 |
Publication Date | 04/01/1988 |
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