Sumer

[ soo-mer ]

/ ˈsu mər /

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noun

an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c., by the Babylonians; a number of its cities, as Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash, are major archaeological sites in southern Iraq.

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Words nearby Sumer

Sumatran, Sumatran elephant, sumatriptan, Sumba, Sumbawa, Sumer, Sumerian, Sumerology, Sumgait, sumi, sumi-e

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How to use Sumer in a sentence

Now there are words like pro-sumer and everything else out there—my preferred term for it is ‘a creator economy.’
3 Ways to Reinvent America|Randall Lane|January 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Also, the Bible clearly places the Garden of Eden “eastward,” near the Mesopotamian empire of Sumer.
The Truth About Genesis|Bruce Feiler|September 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The northern cities were embraced in the territory known as Akkad, and the southern in the land of Sumer, or Shumer.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
Let us take six gentlemen met together to learn the old thirteenth-century part-song, the round entitled ‘Sumer is icumen in.’
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop

The earliest 'burden' known is that in the ancient Round 'Sumer is icumen in,' of the 13th century.
Shakespeare and Music|Edward W. Naylor
After a quarter of a century had elapsed, Akkad and Sumer were overswept by the fierce Gutium from the north-eastern mountains.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
He was welcomed in Babylon, which opened its gates to him, and he had himself proclaimed king of Sumer and Akkad.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for Sumer

Sumer

/ (ˈsuːmə) /

noun

the S region of Babylonia; seat of a civilization of city-states that reached its height in the 3rd millennium bc

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