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Were Is Ancient Sumer?

Maya Lin-Takahashi • • 6 min read
Were Is Ancient Sumer?

Sumer was an ancient civilization founded in the Mesopotamia region of the Fertile Crescent

Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent is the boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations. Also known as the “Cradle of Civilization,” this area was the birthplace of a number of technological innovations, including writing, the wheel, agriculture, and the use of irrigation.
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situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

What continent is ancient Sumer in?

It is a historic region of West Asia within the Tigris-Euphrates river system. In fact, the word Mesopotamia means "between rivers" in Greek. Home to the ancient civilizations of Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia these peoples are credited with influencing mathematics and astronomy.

Where did the ancient Sumerians come from?

The ancient Sumerians created one of humanity's first great civilizations. Their homeland in Mesopotamia, called Sumer, emerged roughly 6,000 years ago along the floodplains between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq and Syria.

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