A number of Sumerian city-states inhabited the area, including Eridu, Ur, Nippur, Lagash and Kish ... It was like a tiny country to live in a Sumerian city-state. In addition to its walls, the city ...

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THE great and inventive people who settled 5,500 years ago in Mesopotamia ... chipping away at the sites of such ancient city-states as Ur, Lagash and Mari. Last week a U.S. expedition, sponsored ...

Ur, Uruk, Eridu, and Larsa were some ... Woolley’s discoveries are important because they tell us about ancient Sumerian life. Eventually, city-state rulers began fighting with each other ...