Sumer (/ ˈsuːmər /) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages …

Oct 9, 2019 · The Sumerians themselves referred to their region simply as “the land” or “the land of the black-headed people”. The Sumerians were responsible for many of the most important innovations, …

Sep 16, 2025 · The Sumerians were the world’s first great civilization, the pioneers who carved cities out of the Mesopotamian plain and lit the flame of culture, science, and storytelling that still burns today.

Dec 7, 2017 · Sumer was an ancient civilization founded in the Mesopotamia region of the Fertile Crescent situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Known for their innovations in language, …

Nov 10, 2020 · 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 …

Jan 2, 2023 · Hugging the shores of the bountiful Euphrates and Tigris Rivers the Sumerians built humanity's first cities and towns. Leaping out of the Stone Age and into the Bronze, the people that …

Dec 20, 2025 · Sumer, site of the earliest known civilization, located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in the area that later became Babylonia and …