Not Egypt, this is humanity's first civilization with many outstanding inventions that make people a

To this day, modern people are still inheriting many valuable legacies of the ancient Sumerians.

Since ancient times, the appearance and development of humans are often associated with specific civilizations. Among them, natural conditions, especially rivers, are an extremely important factor that directly affects the development of human society. Therefore, humanity's first civilization - Sumerian civilization was born based on these favorable conditions. Sumerian civilization is considered the cradle of humanity

Sumer is an ancient civilization that appeared around 3,800 BC, founded in Mesopotamia in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, south of present-day Iraq.

The making progress
Sumer was first settled by humans between 4500 and 4000 BC, although it is possible that some settlers arrived much earlier. The early population of Sumer was called the Ubaid

Their culture included a group of city-states, including Eridu, Nippur, Lagash, Kish, Ur and the first city - Uruk. At its peak around 2800 BC, the city had a population of between 40,000 and 80,000 and was considered one of the most populous cities in the world at that time. The architecture of this area is also extremely special when each city and state of Sumer is surrounded by a wall built of flat-convex mud bricks. However, because it is not mixed with mortar, it easily degrades over time.
Important achievements

Thanks to the special fertility of the two deltas created by the silt of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the development of this civilization was so amazing that many theories arose that the Sumerians received help. help from aliens to achieve such a development
Initially, they lived together to raise livestock and farm according to the clan commune system. Living in places with relatively scarce natural resources, the Sumerians not only understood geology, knew how to get ore and the smelting process, but also created the first alloy in human history. They even made pottery, weaved cloth, built many irrigation works and knew how to use buffaloes and cows to plow fields before other ancient civilizations such as Egypt, Yellow River,... The Sumerians also had great works such as the Pyramid - Ziggurat Astrological Station, a religious and astronomical work of that period.
In addition, scientists also found signs of the presence of writing, astronomy, mathematics, geometry, and medicine in the ancient ruins left by the Sumerians. Among them, there are many achievements that are still used by modern people to this day such as the multiplication table, how to calculate area, circumference or how to perform craniotomy,... In addition, the Sumerians also developed many weapons and objects to support their many wars such as spears, bronze helmets and carried shields of leather or wicker, chariots and carts as war chariots. mobile combat. Wars between Sumerian city-states helped develop the techniques and technology of warfare
Decline
In 1940 BC, Sumer was invaded by the Elamites and looted the city-states. Then came the Hammurabi dynasty of Babylonia, the Babylonians unified the lands of Mesopotamia, and the Sumerians perished. By around 1700 BC, the Sumerians were gradually assimilated with the Assyrians and Babylonians.