The cuneiform script is a great invention by the Sumerians.

楔形文字是苏美尔人的一大发明。

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How did the Sumerians count to 12 on one hand and to 60 on two?

苏美尔人怎样用一只手数到12，用两只手数到60 ？

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And the equation between beer and civilization is very clear for the Sumerians because previously they were hunter-gatherers.

NPR: Looking at the World Through Beer Glasses

So beer drinking was one of the things that reminded the Sumerians that they were different from the people of the past who hadn't had any of the trappings of modern life.

NPR: Looking at the World Through Beer Glasses

Man battled the elements in Mesopotamia, and the desert and its ways of plunder and raiding pushed against urban life, but the land gave rise to powerful kingdoms: the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Sumerians, the Abbasids.

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