{"product_id":"history-begins-at-sumer-samuel-noah-kramer-9780812212761","title":"History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhich civilization had the first system of law? The first formal educational system? The first tax cut? The first love song? The answers were found in excavations of ancient Sumer, a society so developed, resourceful, and enterprising that it, in a sense, created history. The book presents a cross section of the Sumerian \"firsts\" in all the major fields of human endeavor, including government and politics, education and literature, philosophy and ethics, law and justice, agriculture and medicine, even love and family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory Begins at Sumer\u003c\/i\u003e is the classic account of the achievements of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq during the third millennium B.C. They were the developers of the cuneiform system of writing, perhaps their greatest contribution to civilization, which allowed laws and literature to be recorded for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Noah Kramer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812212762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812212761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Samuel Noah Kramer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044041912575,"sku":"9780812212761","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7c74d64-064d-4005-8511-2abf43808fe8.jpg?v=1684970591","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-begins-at-sumer-samuel-noah-kramer-9780812212761","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}