The Sumer

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The Sumerians are believed to be the first human civilization. They lived between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in southern Mesopotamia, in the Middle East. Originally Nomads, the Sumerians formed towns and cities around 5000 BC when they settled in the fertile land to farm. Small villages became large towns, and eventually cities and city-states, independent cities that each had its own leader and ruled over its surrounding territories. Collectively, these city-states developed into the Sumer civilization.

This area of the world where the Sumer lived is often referred to as the “Cradle of Civilization”. Why do you think that is?