Konrad Volk, “A Sumerian Reader”, 1999 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Marie-Louise Thomsen, “The Sumerian Language: An Introduction to its History and Grammatical Structure”, 1987.
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The ”table of contents” of the book is shown BELOW. The following is a list of the “world largest city” in history. Mesopotamia’ was the site of the largest populations in the ancient world.
Writing began in Uruk, Mesopotamia’ in 3,500 BC. Sumerian is the oldest writings in the world. This book contains grammatical learning useful to those interested in the Sumerian language (the first written language).
WORLD LARGEST CITY.
Catalhoyuk, Turkey 7,000 BC, 1,000 people.
Uruk, Mesopotamia’ 4,000 BC, 5,000 people.
Uruk, Mesopotamia’ 3,000 BC, 45,000 people.
Memphis ,Egypt 2,000 BC 60,000 people.
Uruk, Mesopotamia’ 1,500 BC 75,000 people.
Babylon, Mesopotamia’ 1,200 BC 80,000 people.
Luoyang, China 1,000 BC 100,000 people.
Babylon, Mesopotamia’ 1,000 BC 100,000 people.
Persepolis, Persia 550 BC 100,000 people.
