The Epic of Gilgamesh, known as the oldest story in history, is thought to have been written in the early 2nd millennium BC, with the original being even older, in the 4th millennium BC.
The Sumerian Influence: Eridu, Ur, and Uruk The Sumerian civilization is seen as the oldest empire in the world. It set the stage for many cultures and empires in the Fertile Crescent. Eridu ...
Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK. Would you like to visit me at the dawn of civilisation in ancient Sumer? Well, to do that, you’ve got to travel back in time. Back before the Vikings ...
If accepted, the theory that this civilization could be twice as old as the Harappan, Sumerian, and Egyptian civilizations ...
Flooding meant that crops weren't growing as well. Cities began to struggle. In the end, Sumer was invaded by the Elamites who came from modern-day Iran. Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK.