Sumer


History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer
Sumerian Mythology
The Harps that Once...: Sumerian Poetry in Translation
The Kesh Temple Hymn
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The Instructions of Sh...
 
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Shuruppak
Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
The Literature of Ancient Sumer
The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion
A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)
The Epic of Gilgamesh by UnknownMyths from Mesopotamia by AnonymousGilgamesh the King by Robert SilverbergGilgamesh by UnknownGilgamesh by Michael       Schmidt
Gilgamesh
36 books — 3 voters
The Epic of Gilgamesh by UnknownInanna by Emily H.  WilsonThe Sorceress by Michael  ScottMyths from Mesopotamia by AnonymousGilgamesh the King by Robert Silverberg
Books Inspired by Gilgamesh
90 books — 12 voters


Samuel Noah Kramer
“ Incredible as it may seem, however, this pinpoint historian, this Toynbee in reverse, has something of unusual interest (an "ace in the hole," as it were) to offer to the general reader. The Sumerologist, more than most other scholars and specialists, is in a position to satisfy man's universal quest for origins — for "firsts" in the history of civilization. ...more ”
― Samuel Noah Kramer, History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History

Samuel Noah Kramer
“ Si d'aventure, tel se prend à douter de la fraternité des hommes et de l'humanité commune à tous les peuples et à toutes les races, qu'il parcoure leurs adages et leurs préceptes : il se rassurera. ...more ”
― Samuel Noah Kramer, La historia empieza en Sumer

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