History Begins at Sumer
Subtitle: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History
Edition: Third Edition edition
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: April 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780812212761
Subjects: World history; History: World; History - General History; Archaeology; General; Onitsuka, Kihachiro
First sentence: THE SUMERIAN school was the direct outgrowth of the invention and development of the cuneiform system of writing, Sumer's most significant contribution to civilization.