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If we're gonna talk history, let's start at the beginning.

15 Fascinating Facts About The Sumerians | Ancient Origins

Sumer and its cities were the first grounds for human progress. The Sumerians were a civilization where the first calendar, plows and divine brews paved the path of history.

www.ancient-origins.net

There is something fascinating about learning (or thinking we really know) about the really, really historical. Humans have been at this shit for quite a long time.

 

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If we're gonna talk history, let's start at the beginning.

15 Fascinating Facts About The Sumerians | Ancient Origins

Sumer and its cities were the first grounds for human progress. The Sumerians were a civilization where the first calendar, plows and divine brews paved the path of history.

www.ancient-origins.net

There is something fascinating about learning (or thinking we really know) about the really, really historical. Humans have been at this shit for quite a long time.

I believe they had clay tokens and a counting device. Most likely the oldest known was made from shells.

 

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I believe they had clay tokens and a counting device. Most likely the oldest known was made from shells.

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The Enuma Elish and the Atrahasis, in circulation 3,700 years ago, were Mesopotamia’s creation and flood epics, making them 1,000 years older than Genesis.

literatureandhistory.com

 

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I believe they had clay tokens and a counting device. Most likely the oldest known was made from shells.

Sumerian Cuneiform is the World’s Earliest Writing System
The Sumerians were advanced in so many ways. Needless to say, one of their most important inventions was writing. Their cuneiform alphabet is amongst the world’s earliest writing systems. At first, it was just a number of symbols and images that were meant to represent words and actions. Over time, it evolved into a complex writing system that consisted of numerous tiny wedges. Incised with a special stylus, these symbols were written on soft clay tablets, which were then baked and hardened. It was an efficient, elaborate, and advanced writing system that was far ahead of its time.