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For Sumerian city-states, streets grew in narrow, winding patterns rather than being built at right angles. The walls of each city were constructed of mud bricks, which protected them from outside ...

Once again rival city-states contended until Ur-Nammu, a Sumerian from the city of Ur, reconquered the region in 2112 BC. A new period of Sumerian florescence, splendidly documented in this ...

Writing, laws, cities, and science—these and other innovations were devised by the enterprising peoples living in Sumer, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, some 5,000 years ago.

Cities across Sumer built massive temples to worship the Sumerian gods. Priests made offerings, worshippers offered food, and festivals were held to honor the gods.

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Sumer is credited with numerous technological and cultural innovations, including the first writing system, known as cuneiform, first city-states, first codes of law, and first wheels used in ...

Eventually, city-state rulers began fighting with each other and flooding meant that crops weren't growing as well. This weakened the civilisation and Sumer was invaded by the Elamites who came ...

In the present Tel Telloh of the Iraqi province of Dhi Qar is the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Ngirsu (sometimes transcribed as Girsu). It is about 25 kilometers northwest of Lagash, one of ...

Sumer is credited with numerous technological and cultural innovations, including the first writing system, known as cuneiform, first city-states, first codes of law, and first wheels used in ...