Sumerlogy Quotes

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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.”
Samuel Noah Kramer, History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History