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The 30 pages that link to Sumer, each with the reason it gives.

• MesopotamiaBroader topic: Sumer was the region’s earliest major urban civilization.

• Fertile CrescentBroader topic: Sumerian city-states became a defining urban society in the region.

• Sumerian King ListNarrower topic: The list presents its rulers as a continuous succession across Sumerian cities.

• Akkadian EmpireNarrower topic: The empire grew by bringing Sumer’s rival cities under one authority.

• Ancient Near EastBroader topic: Sumerian city-states were among the region’s earliest urban societies.

• EuphratesRelated: Sumerian cities grew in the Euphrates–Tigris alluvial plain.

• UrNarrower topic: Ur was one of Sumer’s major political and religious centers.

• TigrisRelated: Sumerian communities depended on the Tigris-Euphrates river system for farming and transport.

• ZigguratNarrower topic: Sumerian cities developed some of the earliest structures recognized as ziggurats.

• CivilizationBroader topic: Its city-states offer an early, well-documented example of urban civilization.

• BabyloniaNarrower topic: Sumerian cities and institutions preceded Babylonia and shaped its earliest political and cultural foundations.

• NippurNarrower topic: Nippur’s earliest history belongs to the network of Sumerian city-states.

• SexagesimalRelated: Earlier Mesopotamian numerical practices contributed to the tradition later used by Babylonians.

• Ur-NammuNarrower topic: Ur-Nammu ruled as a Sumerian king in this broader region.

• Cylinder sealNarrower topic: Sumerian cities were central settings for the seals' use and development.

• EriduNarrower topic: Eridu became part of the Sumerian urban world that developed across the region.

• EnheduannaNarrower topic: Her compositions drew on Sumerian language and religious traditions.

• Code of Ur-NammuNarrower topic: Its language and political traditions shaped the collection.

• Mesopotamian MarshesRelated: Sumerian communities inhabited the river-fed lowlands adjoining the marshes.

• Ziggurat of UrNarrower topic: Ur-Nammu’s tower belongs to Sumer’s tradition of urban temple building.

• Royal Game of UrNarrower topic: The oldest known boards belong to the material culture of Sumerian cities.

• City-stateNarrower topic: Sumer's independent cities, including Ur and Uruk, are among the earliest known city-state systems.

• History of IraqBroader topic: Its city-states formed some of the earliest urban societies in the region now called Iraq.

• UrukaginaNarrower topic: Lagash and its rulers belonged to the competing city-states of Sumer.

• NasiriyahNarrower topic: Nasiriyah lies within the landscape of ancient Sumer.

• Architecture of MesopotamiaRelated: Sumerian cities developed temple complexes and urban forms inherited by later kingdoms.

• Drinking strawRelated: Sumerian imagery includes long tubes used to drink beer from shared vessels.

• Jemdet Nasr periodNarrower topic: The period’s principal sites lay within the region later known as Sumer.

• Lugal-zage-siNarrower topic: His conquests joined several Sumerian cities under one ruler.

• Political history of the worldBroader topic: Its city-states offer an early example of organized political authority.