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Sumer (Hebrew: שִׁנְעָר, Shinar; Akkadian: Šumeru; Sumerian: KI-EN-GIR, "Land of the Lords of Brightness") was the earliest known civilization in the world located in southern Iraq, known as Mesopotamia.

Related References

• The History of the Ancient Near East
• Sumerian texts with partial translations

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• Patriarch
• Biblical genealogy