Though these people existed thousands of years ago, we have their literature to help us understand their culture, and it has even influenced our own. 4, Part 3. Yale University Press, 1920. The Sumerians . The University Chicago Press, 1963.
History Begins at Sumer .
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971. Ibid ., p. 10-11. Ibid ., p. 19-21. 5. Ibid ., p. 21-23. Lansing, The Sumerians , p. 160. 8.