City of Sumerians

Map of Sumer

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The contrasting themes and traditions in Classical and Baroque Sculpture

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Beginning around 5,500 years ago about 4000 BCE, the Sumerians had organized themselves into several city-states that were spread throughout the southern part of the region.

When? Where?

When were Sumerian?

The word Mesopotamia comes from Greek words meaning "land between the rivers."Here large cities lined the rivers(Tigris and Euphrates) and many advances took place.