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The Sumerians were an ancient people who lived in southern Mesopotamia (present day Iraq). The Sumerians undertook important early advances in agriculture, the division of labor, and writing. Sumerian civilization is thus widely considered to have been the first great civilization. | The Sumerians were an ancient people who lived in southern Mesopotamia (present day Iraq). The Sumerians undertook important early advances in agriculture, the division of labor, and writing. Sumerian civilization is thus widely considered to have been the first great civilization. | ||
== Influence == | |||
Sumerian civilization had a great influence (both direct and indirect) on subsequent Mesopotamian peoples (the Akkadians, the Babylonians, and the Assyrians). These civilizations in turn influenced the Persian Empire, the Greco-Macedonian Empire, and the Roman Empire. Thus, Sumerian civilization had impacts which reverberate to this day. | |||
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The Sumerians were an ancient people who lived in southern Mesopotamia (present day Iraq). The Sumerians undertook important early advances in agriculture, the division of labor, and writing. Sumerian civilization is thus widely considered to have been the first great civilization.
Influence
Sumerian civilization had a great influence (both direct and indirect) on subsequent Mesopotamian peoples (the Akkadians, the Babylonians, and the Assyrians). These civilizations in turn influenced the Persian Empire, the Greco-Macedonian Empire, and the Roman Empire. Thus, Sumerian civilization had impacts which reverberate to this day.