Sumer

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • Earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia.

Origin

  • From the Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒, in Assyriology since the 1870s (French sumérien since 1872). Compare Shumer, Sumir. More at Sumer.

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