“The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.” --Genesis 10:10
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Known as Shinar in the Bible, Sumer was the place where man first built cities, and rose up from their farming village societies to form the first kingdoms and empires. This southern region of Mesopotamia was the center of power from the Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age.
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Known as Shinar in the Bible, Sumer was the place where man first built cities, and rose up from their farming village societies to form the first kingdoms and empires. This southern region of Mesopotamia was the center of power from the Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age.