“For the Sumerians there was no life after death, no heaven or benevolent god, but instead fickle and capricious gods await with a shadowy netherworld beyond the metaphorical mountain.”
Who are the Sumerians?
One of the earliest manifestations of civlization, the Sumerians flourished in the fertile cresent of Mesopotamia around 5000-1800 B.C.E.
From them we gained writing, math, cities, and great epics that span generations.
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“The Netherworld Beyond the Mountain…”
