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History Begins At Sumer:  Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History
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History Begins At Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History Softcover - 1988

by Kramer, Samuel Noah

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University of Pennsylvania Press. Fine. 1988. Softcover. 0812212762 . Stiff unmarked book in glossy covers. ; 9.2 X 6.1 X 1.4 inches; 416 pages .
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  • Title History Begins At Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History
  • Author Kramer, Samuel Noah
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition 3rd
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date 1988
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 53451
  • ISBN 9780812212761 / 0812212762
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
  • Reading level 1370
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88011399
  • Dewey Decimal Code 935.01

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THE SUMERIAN school was the direct outgrowth of the invention and development of the cuneiform system of writing, Sumer's most significant contribution to civilization.

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Samuel Noah Kramer was Clark Research Professor Emeritus of Assyriology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also Curator Emeritus of the Tablet Collections.