Sumerian Origins: Lifting the Veil on Ancient Mesopotamia Mysteries
Written by NORAH ROMNEY
Narrated by Rupert Bush
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
A Mysterious Group of People came to settle in southern Mesopotamia, sometime around 5400BC. What is now the modern state of Iraq, the first city of Mesopotamia was founded named Eridu. Although historians have generally regarded this as the world’s first city, we have seen this challenged on numerous occasions by recent discoveries too numerous to mention here. Eridu had all the things we ordinarily associate with an ancient city: temples, administrative buildings, housing, agriculture, markets, art, and, of course, walls to keep out unsavoury characters.The elusive aspect is we have absolutely no idea where they acquired their language, and bizarre language it is, we have no idea what they originally looked like. Their language, which we call Sumerian, and the subsequent Akkadian derivative were linguistic isolates. Sumerian is the oldest known written language on Earth, and any languages it might have derived from or developed alongside have been lost to time. Figuring out what their baffling ethnic identity based on their art is a doomed effort, because their art was so stylized that a good case could be made that it portrays people of any ethnicity, or the people they encountered. The Sumerian language was not Semitic, and the Akkadian conquests of 2334 BCE disrupted the ethnic and cultural isolation of the Sumerian people.
NORAH ROMNEY
Norah Romney is a Maori- Inuit ambassador with lineage to both cultures, she was orphaned early in her life losing both parents in a plane crash in the Pacific, she was adopted in the UK to a family of archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and folklorists. She is the first woman to be appointed as a lecturer in ethno-archaeology, and cultural folklorist as ambassador to to the Inuit's, she has spoken vastly on Maori traditions in 74 nations. Adopted into a wealthy middle-class English family in the United Kingdom, she sees herself as a global citizen with diverse roots, Having achieved Egyptology and Mesoamerican Qualifications her focus is now on Global Mythologies and their insight into ancient civilizations.
More audiobooks from Norah Romney
Thoth the Atlantean: His Legendary Legacy and Affiliation with the other Gods of Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When The Gods of Egypt Came to Earth: Understanding The Fundamentals of Egyptian Religion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lost Civilizations of Mesoamerica: Quest for the Ancient Origins of the Olmecs and other Mysterious Cultures Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYuga Cycles for the Modern World: Profound Philosophy from Sanskrit Teachings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMysterious Mesoamerican Cultures: From Olmec to Aztec, Decoding the Enigma of the Americas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScience, Philosophy and Cosmology of the Yugas: Ancient Esoteric Wisdom from the Sages of India Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThoth the Atlantean and Other Egyptian Gods: Understanding Key Figures In The Worlds Most Ancient Religion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThoth The Author of Ancient Egyptian Wisdom: Exploring The Life and Teachings of Thoth The Atlantean Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The life and Times of Aknaton: Egypt’s Most Infamous Heretic Pharaoh, also known as Akhenaten and Amenhotep the 4th Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCreation Myths and Legends of the Indigenous People of Alaska Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Ancient Origins of Mesoamerica: Fresh Insights into the Civilizations of the Americas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOrigins and Creation Mythology of the Far East: As Told by the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Epic Creation Myths of Indigenous America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A History of Maya Architecture and Advanced Astronomy: Decoding the Temples and Observatories of Mesoamerica Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Sumerian Origins
Related audiobooks
The Sumerian Civilization: An Enthralling Overview of Sumer and the Ancient Sumerians Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sumerians: Their History, Religion, and Inventions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUr: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Sumerian Capital Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Umma: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Sumerian City Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sumerian Golden Age: Legends of the Anunnaki as Revealed by their Mysterious Discoveries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsQuetzalcoatl: The History and Legacy of the Feathered Serpent God in Mesoamerican Mythology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ancient Nubians: The History of One of the Oldest Civilizations in Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Babylonian Empire: An Enthralling Overview of Babylon and the Babylonians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Assyrian Empire’s Capitals: The History and Legacy of Nineveh, Assur, and Nimrud Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Akkadian Empire: An Enthralling Overview of the Rise and Fall of the Akkadians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Antiquity: From the Birth of Sumerian Civilization to the Fall of the Roman Empire Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ur and Uruk: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Sumerians’ Two Most Important Cities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAncient Alexandria: The History and Legacy of Egypt's Most Famous City Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ugarit: The History and Legacy of the Kingdom of Ugarit in the Ancient Near East Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ancient Egypt - The Glory of the Pharoahs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Empire of Ancient Greece Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mysterious Egypt: A Collection of Ancient Egyptian Mysteries, Strange Stories, and Archaeological Oddities Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babylonians: The History of the Babylonian and Assyrian Empires Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Nimrud: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Assyrian City Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ancient Egyptian Language and Writing: The History and Legacy of Hieroglyphs and Scripts in Ancient Egypt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cimmerians: The History of the Ancient Indo-European Nomads in the Near East Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ancient Persia: An Enthralling Overview of the Achaemenid Persian Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Egyptian Romany - The Essence of Hispania Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Middle Eastern History For You
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Generation Kill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Very Short Introduction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Oldest Code of Laws in the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Arabs: A History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Distant Lands: A Short History of the Crusades Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5From Beirut to Jerusalem Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Islam: A Short History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mossad: The History and Legacy of Israel’s National Intelligence Agency Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Egyptian Mythology: An Enthralling Overview of Egyptian Myths, Gods, and Goddesses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Palestine Peace Not Apartheid: Peace Not Apartheid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On Palestine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Places in Between Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related categories
Reviews for Sumerian Origins
3 ratings0 reviews