The Sumerians (Norton Library (Paperback))

Woolley, Charles Leonard

ISBN 10: 0393002926 / ISBN 13: 9780393002928

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1965

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Sumerians (Norton Library (Paperback))
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 1965
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393002926
• ISBN 13: 9780393002928
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In this book Professor Woolley, one of the world's foremost archaeologists, shows quite clearly that when Egyptian civilization began the civilization of the Sumerians had already flourished for at least 2,000 years.

The idea that Egypt was the earliest civilization has been entirely exploded. The Sumerians had reached a very high level of culture by 3500 B.C.E., and may be said with some justice to be the forerunners of all the Old World civilizations of Egypt, Assyria, Asia Minor, Crete, and Greece. This book will appeal to everyone interested in the early history of humankind.

About the Author

Sir Charles Leonard Woolley, as leader of the joint expedition of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the British Museum, directed important excavations on the site of Ur of the Chaldees, a famous city long buried in the desert sand of Mesopotamia.