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[whencyclopedia]

Sumerians: Inventors of Civilization

The Sumerians were responsible for many of the most important innovations, inventions, and concepts taken for granted in the present day. Their innovations and inventions include the first cities, writing, schools, the earliest version of the tale of the Great Flood and other biblical narratives, the oldest heroic epic, governmental bureaucracy, monumental architecture, and irrigation techniques. They were the first to conceive of so many "firsts" that they can rightly be called the "Inventors of Civilization."

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⇒ Sumerians: Inventors of Civilization

[pietruszko]

Ubaid lizard-people :v

More art inspired by stuff I'm fascinated with ajshdhd I've always been so intrigued in the symbol of the snake and reptiles through so many different civilizations and how also they were given human qualities^^ the power of symbols remaining in our subconscious as time keeps ticking asjdndi fascinating shdndj

Based on the Ubaid lizard people figurines, from Pre-Sumeria (Ubaid Period, c. 5500-4000 BC) of course I've taken many liberties in my illustration, it's been a very fun design challenge too D

[claypigeonpottery]

have you ever seen the Ubaid snake headed figures? they showed them to us in one of my classes and it immediately made me think of your sculptures (that's a lie, first thought was this snake lady is hot and only after several hours I thought of your art)

anyway hi! love your art! boop!

I had not seen these before!

gotta love the hot snake ladies

[archaeologs]

Plan of a typically tripartite and highly symmetrical building at Tell Sabi Abyad III, ca. 6900 BC. The building stood upon a platform made of large clay slabs. Drawing by Martin HenseTell Sabi Abyad Archive.

Learn more / Daha fazlası Tripartite https://www.archaeologs.com/w/tripartite/

[protocodex]

Eridu, the First City imagined. Unpaid Period. Islands of huts on the marsh, a humble beginning for the first great civilization. Visit protocodex.com for more #sumer #babylon #mesopotamia #iraq #ubaid #eridu #ur #uruk #gilgamesh #civilization #ancient #ancientsocieties #ancientcity #art #artistsoninstagram #illustration #drawing #archaeology #neareast https://www.instagram.com/p/CVUaz1Islak/?utm_medium=tumblr

[arthistorywitches]

Mother Goddess

5900 - 4000 BCE 

Ur, Mesopotamia (Iraq)

Goddess Nammu is the first recorded creator-deity in the written history of the world. She was credited with giving birth to all subsequent gods, the heavens and the earth, and humankind. 

(British Museum via Pinterest)

[thetwomeatmeal]

These were found in tombs at Eridu and Ur circa 5000 BC, near the very beginning of Mesopotamian culture. They’re presumably gods, but nobody really knows what they represented, or why the reptilian heads.

[dwellerinthelibrary]

Two female figurines with bitumen headdresses ceramic Ur Iraq Ubaid 4 period 4500-4000 BCE by Mary Harrsch Via Flickr: Photographed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.