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...future civilizations? I am 26 years old and I have been going to school for a long time and I was just wondering why I have never seen or heard discussions of the Sumerians in textbooks. I feel that they contributed alot to the human race and the only people who were credited was the Greeks, Romans, and the Babylonians. What gives, is this one of those deals where Museums throw the Artifacts in the basement because it doesnot fit mainstream beliefs as well as religous beliefs. I know that scientists and museums do this all of the time. Like the finding and recovery of a human foot print found directly next to a Dinosaur's foot print in either colorado or the Grand Canyon.
 
We know a lot less about the Sumerians then about the other ancient civilizations, such as Egypt, Greece, etc. We also haven't know about the Sumerians as long.
That's not to say we don't know anything about them. We know they organized time the way we know it today (seconds, minutes, hours), the plow, etc, not to mention it was the first civilization we know of.
Also, they were so chronologically close to Egypt (a mere 600 year difference) a lot of what they did was with Egypt, from Egypt. They were close enough to trade with each other.Through trading, you not only received goods, but new ideas and concepts.
 
We know a lot less about the Sumerians then about the other ancient civilizations, such as Egypt, Greece, etc. We also haven't know about the Sumerians as long.
That's not to say we don't know anything about them. We know they organized time the way we know it today (seconds, minutes, hours), the plow, etc, not to mention it was the first civilization we know of.
Also, they were so chronologically close to Egypt (a mere 600 year difference) a lot of what they did was with Egypt, from Egypt. They were close enough to trade with each other.Through trading, you not only received goods, but new ideas and concepts.
 
As for myself, I've always thought of Sumer as being the beginning of human civilization. History began at Sumer in that writing was perhaps first used there. Egyptian writing was also very early - but I'm not sure which is earlier.

Sumerian script records a lot of interesting evidence of the beginning of mankind's great experiment in town living.

And their very famous artifacts were in the museum at Baghdad - until the mental cripple we have in the White House started a war with Iraq and then let people loot the museum. Not sure how much very very famous and fragile stuff was lost - we'll probably never know.

And now, of course, with no government in Iraq the archaeological sights are just being stripped of anything. So thanks to Li'l Bush, archeology of mankind's beginnings might be over for good.

And that's what's at stake when you have some little fraud lie himself into the White House.
 
i believe that we still live in a Greco-Roman society. and since we wrote those books...
the babylonians are mentioned in the old testament, & since we are a christian nation...
those are the reasons, that i believe some are mentioned & other societies , are not.
 
Good question. Think back a few years and name some famous 90's celeberties. Now think back to 90 A.D. The number is considerably less. As you move deeper into history, there are less artifacts to CONNECT WITH a civilization. This results in the loss of its popularity. The Sumerians were indeed credited with inventions like stirrups, ziggurats, and water clocks, not to mention the wheel. Good for you to recognize the real contributors in history! Even Newton, who was an English Christain, is portrayed inaccurately in history texts. Many Indian and Arabic mathematicians did the same kind of calculus he did centuries thousands of years before. Who invented the lightbulb? Edison.... NO NO NO 1 Joseph Swanson. THAT's RIGHT. Look him up. It's important to remember the real people in history, not just the "popular" ones we learned in school.
 
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