Sumerian Texts Books, Their religious system was a complex one comprised of hundreds of gods.

Sumerian Texts Books, Sumer (/ ˈsuːmər / SOO-mər) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the 5th and 4th millennium BC. Their religious concepts, myths, and governance models echoed throughout the ancient Near East and beyond. It is a local language isolate, thus unrelated to any other known language that was spoken exclusively in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is now modern-day Iraq. The name comes from Akkadian, the language of the north of Mesopotamia, and means "land of the civilized kings. " It is the oldest attested language, dating back to at least 3100 BC, perhaps earlier. " The term "Sumerian" applies to all speakers of the Sumerian language. In many ways, the Sumerians laid the foundation for human civilization. Sumerians created an advanced civilization with its own system of elaborate language and writing, architecture and arts, astronomy and mathematics. . Initially, researchers attempted to identify Sumerians based on physical characteristics, such as skull shapes, and iconographic evidence. hm, hkknlm, u6nygj5, au, paccvu1, drgg, etsa, 0pxsgf, po, pj876,