Introduction-Sumer



** INTRODUCTION **


 * M ** esopotamia, which literally means the land between two rivers (name given by the Greek), is the land that gave the ancestors of the Sumerian people a chance to thrive. Although its environment may be lacking some essential natural resources, it had a wealth of fertile soil and water provided by its two framing rivers the Tigris and the Euphrates. Thanks to these rivers and the ingenious network of irrigation systems the Sumerians built, the people of Sumer went from being mere nomads to one of the most meaningful civilizations in history. A civilization that has affected and contributed to everything we have today. From their advances in the sciences and mathematics to what they long developed into a complex and effective socio-political structure. The Sumerian Culture and civilization is the first and arguably the most important that historians have uncovers from raps of time.



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