The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character By Samuel Noah Kramer

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226452387
ISBN-13
9780226452388
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77892

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
372 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Sumerians : Their History, Culture, and Character
Publication Year
1971
Subject
Ancient / General, Antiquities & Archaeology, Middle East / Arabian Peninsula
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, History
Author
Samuel Noah Kramer
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
22.1 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
63-011398
Reviews
There are few scholars in the world qualified to write such a book, and certainly Kramer is one of them. . . . One of the most valuable features of this book is the quantity of texts and fragments which are published for the first time in a form available to the general reader. For the layman the book provides a readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture. For the specialist it presents a synthesis with which he may not agree but from which he will nonetheless derive stimulation., An uncontested authority on the civilization of Sumer, Professor Kramer writes with grace and urbanity.
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
913.35
Edition Description
Reprint
Table Of Content
1. Archeology and Decipherment 2. History: Heroes, Kings, and Ensi's 3. Society: The Sumerian City 4. Religion: Theology, Rite, and Myth 5. Literature: The Sumerian Belles-Lettres 6. Education: The Sumerian School 7. Character: Drives, Motives, and Values 8. The Legacy of Sumer Appendixes A. The Origin and Development of the Cuneiform System of Writing B. The Sumerian Language C. Votive Inscriptions D. Sample Date-Formulas E. Sumerian King List F. Letters G. Ditilla's (court decisions) H. Lipit-Ishtar Law Code I. Farmers' Almanac Selected Bibliography Index
Synopsis
A classic, groundbreaking account of the earliest known human civilization The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them. In this classic work, Samuel Noah Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world., The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them. Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world. "There are few scholars in the world qualified to write such a book, and certainly Kramer is one of them. . . . One of the most valuable features of this book is the quantity of texts and fragments which are published for the first time in a form available to the general reader. For the layman the book provides a readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture. For the specialist it presents a synthesis with which he may not agree but from which he will nonetheless derive stimulation."- American Journal of Archaeology "An uncontested authority on the civilization of Sumer, Professor Kramer writes with grace and urbanity."- Library Journal
LC Classification Number
DS72

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