Sumerian Origins of Civilization: City-States, Temples, and the Religion of the Anunnaki

Civilization did not appear overnight. It began in the fertile but unpredictable plains of ancient Mesopotamia, where the people of Sumer built the world's first cities and developed the institutions that shaped human history. In these early city-states, temples dominated the skyline, kings ruled under divine authority, and the mysterious gods known as the Anunnaki were believed to govern the orde...