What does "sumer" mean?

A historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq.

Sumer

Q: What is a synonym for "sumer"?

Common synonyms include: ancient mesopotamian civilization, southern mesopotamia, sumer region, sumeria, sumerian civilization.

/ˈs(j)uːmə/ name

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A historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq.

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ancient mesopotamian civilization southern mesopotamia sumer region sumeria sumerian civilization

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Akkadian heartland contemporary civilization modern civilization northern Mesopotamia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru), in Assyriology since the 1870s; compare French sumérien since 1872. Compare Shumer, Sumir. More at Sumer.

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