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Sumerians: Inventors of Civilization

The Sumerians were responsible for many of the most important innovations, inventions, and concepts taken for granted in the present day. Their innovations and inventions include the first cities, writing, schools, the earliest version of the tale of the Great Flood and other biblical narratives, the oldest heroic epic, governmental bureaucracy, monumental architecture, and irrigation techniques. They were the first to conceive of so many "firsts" that they can rightly be called the "Inventors of Civilization."

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Ubaid lizard-people :v

More art inspired by stuff I'm fascinated with ajshdhd I've always been so intrigued in the symbol of the snake and reptiles through so many different civilizations and how also they were given human qualities^^ the power of symbols remaining in our subconscious as time keeps ticking asjdndi fascinating shdndj

Based on the Ubaid lizard people figurines, from Pre-Sumeria (Ubaid Period, c. 5500-4000 BC) of course I've taken many liberties in my illustration, it's been a very fun design challenge too D

anyway hi! love your art! boop!

I had not seen these before!

Plan of a typically tripartite and highly symmetrical building at Tell Sabi Abyad III, ca. 6900 BC. The building stood upon a platform made of large clay slabs. Drawing by Martin HenseTell Sabi Abyad Archive.

Mother Goddess

5900 - 4000 BCE 

Ur, Mesopotamia (Iraq)

Goddess Nammu is the first recorded creator-deity in the written history of the world. She was credited with giving birth to all subsequent gods, the heavens and the earth, and humankind.