Ayengobani amaSumeri?
Isiko lamaSumeri (3000-2350 BC) libhekwa njengempucuko yokuqala yabantu yasemadolobheni. Ivela eningizimu yeMesopotamiya, phakathi komfula iTigris nomfula i-Ewufrathe, futhi ihlobene namasiko eNeolithic, ikakhulukazi isiko lase-Uruk. Basungula isondo nokubhala, babenokuhlukaniswa kwenhlangano esekelwe emsebenzini, futhi babengabakhi abahle kakhulu. Ulimi lwabo lwesiSumeria aluhlobene nanoma yiluphi olunye ulimi olwaziwayo. IsiSumeri siwulimi olunezinhlamvu zamagama, olunezimpawu, nezimpawu, namafomu angasho lutho amelela imibono kunamagama noma imisindo ethile.