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Sumerians

A Captivating Guide to Ancient Sumerian History, Sumerian Mythology and the Mesopotamian Empire of the Sumer Civilization

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Sumerians

By: Captivating History
Narrated by: Duke Holm
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Explore the captivating history of the Sumerians.

The sheer importance of Sumerian culture in regards to world culture as a whole is impossible to overstate. This civilization is single-handedly responsible for some of the most major innovations in nearly every field relevant to maintaining a civilized society - this includes religion, lawmaking, architecture, schooling, art, literature, and even entertainment.

Naturally, most of what we see as negative aspects of society were established in ancient Sumer as well. There wasn’t an aspect of Sumerian life that wasn’t plagued with corruption or devastation of one form or another. In other words, the Sumerians gave us both the sublimity of faith and the rigidness of religious thought coupled with a desire for political supremacy. They gave us both the benevolent, caring monarchs and cruel, punishing tyrants; the educated child and the spoiled brat; the hard-working agrarian and the drunken reveler; and the epic empires as well as the pathetic remnants of them. The Sumerians did it all, and they did it first.

Some of the topics and questions covered in this audiobook include:

  • The ancient Sumerians in a nutshell
  • The social structure of ancient Sumerians
  • The religion and mythology of ancient Sumerians
  • The Sumerian kingdoms chronology
  • The everyday life of ancient Sumerians
  • Sumerian innovations
  • Sumerian culture
  • Sumerian “foreign policy”: relations with other nations
  • And a great deal more you don't want to miss out on!

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The author is perceptibly a very intelligent man who has particular experience in Sumerian archaeology, so his accounts are from his own knowledge and not just random research. His writing is somewhat academic, and while I (as a lay reader) have found the book interesting and understandable, it may turn some casual readers off.

This book contains a wealth of information.

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This is great audible with materials searched with deep thinning, with the writing on the level of a master class. You can make this stuff up. I bought many books from Captivating History and all are fabulous.

A brief overview.

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A fascinating subject made dull in this book. It’s a good overall summary of a huge sweeping historical period but it is hard to grasp some of the detail. For example, all the dates are given in one chapter and then not used in the other chapters making it really difficult to know when exactly we are talking about for each aspect.

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This unbelievable audible tells you just about everything possible about The Sumerian’s. It's a prodigious history: law, economics, trade, social wellness, family, relationships, education and much, much more.

Great history and evaluation.

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Still the reference to learn about the Sumerians. Comprehensive, well written, educational and attractive for the readers.

Seems a bit stiff, but relevant.

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