A number of Sumerian city-states inhabited the area, including Eridu, Ur, Nippur, Lagash and Kish ... It was like a tiny country to live in a Sumerian city-state. In addition to its walls, the city ...

(The city-state of Ur emerged as an important center of commerce and Sumerian culture circa 2700 b.c.) The prize piece is the Standard of Ur (below), a trapezoidal box, 18-1/2 inches long by 8 ...

Ur, Uruk, Eridu, and Larsa were some ... Woolley’s discoveries are important because they tell us about ancient Sumerian life. Eventually, city-state rulers began fighting with each other ...

Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates ... which supported the growth of city-states like Ur, Eridu, and Uruk with populations over 50,000 around 5,000 years ago. The Sumerians innovated ...

These were the state archives of the ancient Sumerian site of Girsu, in modern-day Tello, while the city was controlled by the Akkad dynasty from 2300 to 2150BC. While the texts may not be great ...