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Hardly Ancient: Sumerian Clothing
August 31st, 2008 by admin
The ancient Mesopotamians or Sumerians were the people who established the world’s first civilization. They made numerous contributions to our present day modern world. Besides creating a city-state, writing system, water clock, wheel, the sailboat; they had also created the twelve month calendar based on lunar cycles.
The Sumerian clothing was made of natural resources available [...]
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Sumerians And The Beginning Of Civilization
August 23rd, 2008 by admin
Ancient Mesopotamia and the Sumerians were the first to witness settlement. Man had ceased being a nomad and began raising cattle, farming and developing their skills at a fast pace. Perhaps the most number of discoveries and inventions ever made were in the ancient era of the Sumers. Ancient Sumerian clothing evolved and changed over [...]
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