The Sumerians are often called the creators of the world’s first civilization. But where did they come from—and why does ...

Miguel Civil, a scholar and researcher at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute, was a leading expert on the Sumerian language, the earliest known written language. “No one has known Sumerian ...

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