Sumerians: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Sumerian History, Sumerian Mythology and the Mesopotamian Empire of the Sumer Civilization

by Captivating History

Overview

The sheer importance of Sumerian culture in regards to world culture as a whole is impossible to overstate. This civilization is single-handedly responsible for some of the most major innovations in nearly every field relevant to maintaining a civilized society - this includes religion, lawmaking, architecture, schooling, art, literature, and even entertainment.

 

Naturally, most of what we see as negative aspects of society were established in Ancient Sumer as well. There wasn't an aspect of Sumerian life that wasn't plagued with corruption or devastation of one form or another. In other words, the Sumerians gave us both the sublimeness of faith and the rigidness of religious thought coupled with a desire for political supremacy. They gave us both the benevolent, caring monarchs and cruel, punishing tyrants; the educated child and the spoiled brat; the hard-working agrarian and the drunken reveler; and the epic empires as well as the pathetic remnants of them. The Sumerians did it all, and they did it first.

 

Some of the topics and questions covered in this book include:

• The Ancient Sumerians In a Nutshell
• The Social Structure of Ancient Sumerians
• The Religion and Mythology of Ancient Sumerians
• The Sumerian Kingdoms Chronology
• The Everyday Life of Ancient Sumerians
• Sumerian Innovations
• Sumerian Culture
• Sumerian "Foreign Policy" Relations with Other Nations
• And a Great Deal More that You don't Want to Miss out on!

 

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940166532565
Publisher:	Captivating History
Publication date:	08/16/2022
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	520,627
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

AN INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT SUMERIANS

CHAPTER 1

THE ANCIENT SUMERIANS IN A NUTSHELL: WHO WERE THEY? WHERE DID THEY LIVE? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? THE TIMELINE OF THE SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION; POTENTIAL GENETIC MAKE-UP OF THE SUMERIANS

CHAPTER 2

THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF ANCIENT SUMERIANS: RULERS, PRIESTS, PRIVILEGED CLASSES, ORDINARY PEOPLE, SLAVES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; CHILDREN

CHAPTER 3

THE RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT SUMERIANS: COSMOLOGY, MAJOR AND MINOR GODS, RITUALS, MYTHS; MISCONCEPTIONS AND PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS

CHAPTER 4

THE SUMERIAN KINGDOMS CHRONOLOGY: THE LIST OF CITYSTATES, DYNASTIES, AND PROMINENT RULERS

CHAPTER 5

THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF ANCIENT SUMERIANS: JOBS AND PROFESSIONS, TRAVEL, HOUSING, SOCIAL LIFE; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL MAKE-UP

CHAPTER 6

SUMERIAN INNOVATIONS: ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

CHAPTER 7

SUMERIAN CULTURE: LITERATURE, ART, MUSIC

SUMERIAN “FOREIGN POLICY”: RELATIONS WITH OTHER NATIONS

SUMERIANS

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES

NOTES ON IMAGES