Sumer

Summary

Sumer is an archaeological culture^[1]. Sumer ranks in the top 0.19% of archaeological_culture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,336 views/month, #1 of 524).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sumer is identified as part of the Sumerians ethnic group^[3].
• Sumer's image is recorded as Orientmitja2300aC.png^[4].
• Sumer's continent is recorded as Asia^[5].
• Sumer's instance of is recorded as archaeological culture^[6].
• Sumer's instance of is recorded as ancient civilization^[7].
• Sumer's instance of is recorded as style^[8].
• Sumer's instance of is recorded as culture^[9].
• Sumer's instance of is recorded as historical region^[10].
• Sumer's instance of is recorded as cultural region^[11].
• Sumer's locator map image is recorded as Basse Mesopotamie DA.PNG^[12].
• Sumer's locator map image is recorded as Mista Sumerii.svg^[13].
• Sumer's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n89117459^[14].
• Sumer's part of is recorded as Mesopotamia^[15].
• Sumer's Commons category is recorded as Sumer^[16].
• Sumer's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q13955 (ara)-Spotless Mind1988-سومر.wav^[17].
• -5500-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sumer^[18].
• Sumer was dissolved in -1900-00-00T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Sumer's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32, 'lon': 45.5}^[20].
• Sumer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dc1d^[21].
• Sumer's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge131003^[22].
• Sumer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sumer^[23].
• Sumer's Commons gallery is recorded as Sumer^[24].
• Sumer's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300019726^[25].
• Sumer's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0064556^[26].
• Sumer's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Sumer^[27].

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Origins and Family

Sumer is identified as part of the Sumerians ethnic group^[3].

Why It Matters

Sumer ranks in the top 0.19% of archaeological_culture entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,336 views/month, #1 of 524).^[2] Sumer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Sumer is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]