A History of Sumer and Akkad: An Account of the Early Races of Babylonia From Prehistoric Times to the Foundation of the Babylonian Monarchy (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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In View of the after effects of this early civilization, it is of importance to determine the region of the world from which the Sumerian race reached the Euphrates. Until recently it was only possible to form a theory on the subject from evidence furnished by the Sumerians themselves. But explorations in Turkestan, the results of which have now been fully published, enable us to conclude with some confidence that the original home of the Sumerian race is to be sought beyond the moun tains to the east of the Babylonian plain. The excava tions conducted at Anau near Askhabad by the second Pumpelly Expedition have revealed traces of prehistoric cultures in that region, which present some striking parallels to other early cultures west of the Iranian plateau. Moreover, the physiographical evidence col lected by the first Pumpelly Expedition affords an adequate explanation of the racial unrest in Central Asia, which probably gave rise to the Sumerian immi gration and to other subsequent migrations from the East.
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In View of the after effects of this early civilization, it is of importance to determine the region of the world from which the Sumerian race reached the Euphrates. Until recently it was only possible to form a theory on the subject from evidence furnished by the Sumerians themselves. But explorations in Turkestan, the results of which have now been fully published, enable us to conclude with some confidence that the original home of the Sumerian race is to be sought beyond the moun tains to the east of the Babylonian plain. The excava tions conducted at Anau near Askhabad by the second Pumpelly Expedition have revealed traces of prehistoric cultures in that region, which present some striking parallels to other early cultures west of the Iranian plateau. Moreover, the physiographical evidence col lected by the first Pumpelly Expedition affords an adequate explanation of the racial unrest in Central Asia, which probably gave rise to the Sumerian immi gration and to other subsequent migrations from the East.
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“Being an expert Assyriologist, Mr. King has utilized with rare skill the curious and complicated cuneiform inscriptions that have been excavated in Babylonia during the last twenty years. He has marshalled the evidence in a masterful fashion to show when the so-called Sumerians came into Babylonia, what they captured, what city-states they organized and ruled, what religion they possessed, and what culture they developed and contributed to their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians.”–Dial
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