This is all well and good for purposes of plot, but Stephenson wraps all of this in Sumerian mythos. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson] Reference
The Sumerian culture is the first recorded civilization on earth, then called Sumerian, today's Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [American Chronicle] Reference
"Sumerian" word for "name," which, however, in the case of a Babylonian or. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
The geometric designs of the great Oriental writing systems, such as Sumerian. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 4] Reference
Sumerian city of Ur several thousands of years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Coming of Age: 1939-1946] Reference
There's the Warka vase, a real Sumerian masterpiece. From Wordnik.com. [DONNY GEORGE] Reference
Lastly, a word about genuine or pseudo-Sumerian names. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
The so-called "Sumerian Family Laws" are thus preserved. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Sumerian and Babylonian, in which the pronunciation of the. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
(I'm still waiting for a reference to Sumerian mythology.). From Wordnik.com. [Rasmussen: Texas Primary A Dead Heat] Reference
For further details regarding the formation of Sumerian and. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
And then there are the Sumerian recipes that call for blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With Blood] Reference
Sumerian is given as well as their ideographic representation. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
Changes in the manner of reading the Sumerian names are frequent. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
It is admitted that the earliest (Sumerian) civilization began on the. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
This dynasty of Ur was Semitic, not Sumerian, notwithstanding the name of. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Later Sumerian (Gudea) and early Semitic Babylonian (Hammurabi) periods; c. From Wordnik.com. [How to Observe in Archaeology] Reference
Granger Collection A Sumerian Tablet A tablet of accounts written in cuneiform, circa 2350 B.C. From Wordnik.com. [Not So Fast] Reference
There was a joyful repatriation in Iraq this week of a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king. From Wordnik.com. [Looted Iraqi Relics Return Home] Reference
In front of it stands a truly ancient storage device, a Sumerian clay cone used to record surplus grain. From Wordnik.com. [Browse the Artifacts of Geek History in Jay Walker's Library] Reference
The 'prehistoric', the Sumerian, the late Babylonian, and the Parthian styles are easily distinguishable. From Wordnik.com. [How to Observe in Archaeology] Reference
The Sumerian, Ninhursay, created the human race from a mixture of clay from Her own body and Her menstrual blood. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Henes: Earth, Our Mother] Reference
This script, together with the general Sumerian culture, was taken over by the Babylonians upon their settlement in the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Semitic times this involved a knowledge of the extinct Sumerian as well as of a most complicated and extensive syllabary. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
We know that some parts were copied from Akkadian and Sumerian texts, some parts were handed down through oral traditions. From Wordnik.com. [Valerie Tarico: Susan Hutchison -- Washington State's Sarah Palin?] Reference
At left, a presenter wearing a Sumerian costume stood near artifacts after the re-opening ceremony of the Iraqi National Museum. From Wordnik.com. [Iraqi National Museum Re-Opens] Reference
On the floors, the broken shards of Syrian and Sumerian pottery that had survived intact for thousands of years, until this week. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2003] Reference
He was followed by a dynasty of 11 Sumerian kings, who are said to have reigned for 368 years, a number which must be much exaggerated. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
But the clothes are just incredible and the fact that every dress tells a story, whether it's from Sumerian times, the Babylonian times. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2008] Reference
Much more egregious is the gold-and-lapis Sumerian figure of a ram caught in a thicket that graces Olympias 'room in the palace at Pella. From Wordnik.com. [Alexander the Underwhelming] Reference
The white marble mask of a Sumerian goddess -- No. 1 on the most-wanted list and also stored in Room 104 -- dates back almost 5,000 years. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq's (Most Precious) Most Wanted] Reference
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