History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History by Samuel Noah K

Description: History Begins at Sumer by Samuel Noah Kramer "Kramer ranked among the worlds foremost Sumerologists... The book will interest both the scholar and the general educated reader."-Religious Studies Bulletin FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Which civilization had the first system of law? The first formal educational system? The first tax cut? The first love song? The answers were found in excavations of ancient Sumer, a society so developed, resourceful, and enterprising that it, in a sense, created history. The book presents a cross section of the Sumerian "firsts" in all the major fields of human endeavor, including government and politics, education and literature, philosophy and ethics, law and justice, agriculture and medicine, even love and family.History Begins at Sumer is the classic account of the achievements of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq during the third millennium B.C. They were the developers of the cuneiform system of writing, perhaps their greatest contribution to civilization, which allowed laws and literature to be recorded for the first time. Author Biography Samuel Noah Kramer was Clark Research Professor Emeritus of Assyriology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also Curator Emeritus of the Tablet Collections. Table of Contents Preface to the First EditionList of IllustrationsPhotographic SourcesIntroductionChapter 1 Education: The First SchoolsChapter 2 Schooldays: The First Case of "Apple-Polishing"Chapter 3 Father and Son: The First Case of Juvenile DelinquencyChapter 4 International Affairs: The First "War of Nerves"Chapter 5 Government: The First Bicameral CongressChapter 6 Civil War in Sumer: The First HistorianChapter 7 Social Reform: The First Case of Tax ReductionChapter 8 Law Codes: The First "Moses"Chapter 9 Justice: The First Legal PrecedentChapter 10 Medicine: The First PharmacopoeiaChapter 11 Agriculture: The First "Farmers Almanac"Chapter 12 Horticulture: The First Experiment in Shade-Tree GardeningChapter 13 Philosophy: Mans First Cosmogony and CosmologyChapter 14 Ethics: The First Moral IdealsChapter 15 Suffering and Submission: The First "Job"Chapter 16 Wisdom: The First Proverbs and SayingsChapter 17 "Aesopica": The First Animal FablesChapter 18 Logomachy: The First Literary DebatesChapter 19 Paradise: The First Biblical ParallelsChapter 20 A Flood: The First "Noah"Chapter 21 Hades: The First Tale of ResurrectionChapter 22 Slaying of the Dragon: The First St. George"Chapter 23 Tales of Gilgamesh: The First Case of Literary BorrowingChapter 24 Epic Literature: Mans First Heroic AgeChapter 25 To the Royal Bridegroom: The First Love SongChapter 26 Book Lists: The First Library CatalogueChapter 27 World Peace and Harmony: Mans First Golden AgeChapter 28 Ancient Counterparts of Modern Woes: The First "Sick" SocietyChapter 29 Destruction and Deliverance: The First Liturgic LamentsChapter 30 The Ideal King: The First MessiahsChapter 31 Shulgi of Ur: The First Long-Distance ChampionChapter 32 Poetry The First Literary ImageryChapter 33 The Sacred Marriage Rite: The First Sex SymbolismChapter 34 Weeping Goddesses: The First Mater DolorosaChapter 35 U-a A-u-a: The First LullabyChapter 36 The Ideal Mother: Her First Literary PortraitChapter 37 Three Funeral Chants: The First ElegiesChapter 38 The Pickaxe and the Plow: Labors First VictoryChapter 39 Home of the Fish: The First AquariumCorrigenda and Addenda to the Second EditionGlossaryAppendix A. A Curse and a Map: New Gleanings from the Tablets of SumerAppendix B. The Origin and Development of the Cuneiform System of Writing and Other Comments on the Illustrations Review "Kramer ranked among the worlds foremost Sumerologists... The book will interest both the scholar and the general educated reader."--Religious Studies Bulletin Promotional "Kramer ranked among the worlds foremost Sumerologists. . . . The book will interest both the scholar and the general educated reader."—Religious Studies Bulletin Review Quote "Kramer ranked among the worlds foremost Sumerologists. . . . The book will interest both the scholar and the general educated reader."-- Religious Studies Bulletin Promotional "Headline" "Kramer ranked among the worlds foremost Sumerologists. . . . The book will interest both the scholar and the general educated reader."-- Religious Studies Bulletin Details ISBN0812212762 Author Samuel Noah Kramer Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press Language English Edition 3rd ISBN-10 0812212762 ISBN-13 9780812212761 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 935.01 Short Title HIST BEGINS AT SUMER 3/E Birth 1897 Death 1990 Pages 416 Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press Subtitle Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History Place of Publication Pennsylvania Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780812212761 UK Release Date 1988-04-01 AU Release Date 1988-04-01 NZ Release Date 1988-04-01 US Release Date 1988-04-01 Edition Description Third Edition Year 1988 Publication Date 1988-04-01 Alternative 9780812278125 Illustrations 62 illus. Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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