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Fireymonkeyboy09 Dec 2012 10:07 a.m. PST

Looking for a Christmas present for my sister's boyfriend, who is apparently interested in Sumeria. Thinking a good, broad survey, accessible to a smart amateur. Anything people would recommend?

FMB

evilcartoonist09 Dec 2012 10:17 a.m. PST

Gilgamesh epic?

Huscarle09 Dec 2012 11:19 a.m. PST

Kramer's "History Begins at Sumer"
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or try the Time Life Book
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mumbasa09 Dec 2012 11:08 p.m. PST

Not a book, but a great blog is sumer2sargon.blogspot.com.au
John

CATenWolde10 Dec 2012 2:37 a.m. PST

Crawford's "Sumer and the Sumerians" (2nd ed.), Cambridge 2004.

Fireymonkeyboy10 Dec 2012 3:39 p.m. PST

Thanks for the recommendations gang, I'll follow them up.

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