History Begins at Sumer

History Begins at Sumer

"Kramer ranked among the world's foremost Sumerologists. . . . The book will interest both the scholar and the general educated reader."--"Religious Studies Bulletin"

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Samuel Noah Kramer was Clark Research Professor Emeritus of Assyriology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also Curator Emeritus of the Tablet Collections.

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Preface to the First Edition List of Illustrations Photographic Sources Introduction Chapter 1
Education: The First Schools Chapter 2
Schooldays: The First Case of "Apple-Polishing" Chapter 3
Father and Son: The First Case of Juvenile Delinquency Chapter 4
International Affairs: The First "War of Nerves" Chapter 5
Government: The First Bicameral Congress Chapter 6
Civil War in Sumer: The First Historian Chapter 7
Social Reform: The First Case of Tax Reduction Chapter 8
Law Codes: The First "Moses" Chapter 9
Justice: The First Legal Precedent Chapter 10
Medicine: The First Pharmacopoeia Chapter 11
Agriculture: The First "Farmer's Almanac" Chapter 12
Horticulture: The First Experiment in Shade-Tree Gardening Chapter 13
Philosophy: Man's First Cosmogony and Cosmology Chapter 14
Ethics: The First Moral Ideals Chapter 15
Suffering and Submission: The First "Job" Chapter 16
Wisdom: The First Proverbs and Sayings Chapter 17
"Aesopica": The First Animal Fables Chapter 18
Logomachy: The First Literary Debates Chapter 19
Paradise: The First Biblical Parallels Chapter 20
A Flood: The First "Noah" Chapter 21
Hades: The First Tale of Resurrection Chapter 22
Slaying of the Dragon: The First "St. George" Chapter 23
Tales of Gilgamesh: The First Case of Literary Borrowing Chapter 24
Epic Literature: Man's First Heroic Age Chapter 25
To the Royal Bridegroom: The First Love Song Chapter 26
Book Lists: The First Library Catalogue Chapter 27
World Peace and Harmony: Man's First Golden Age Chapter 28
Ancient Counterparts of Modern Woes: The First "Sick" Society Chapter 29
Destruction and Deliverance: The First Liturgic Laments Chapter 30
The Ideal King: The First Messiahs Chapter 31
Shulgi of Ur: The First Long-Distance Champion Chapter 32
Poetry The First Literary Imagery Chapter 33
The Sacred Marriage Rite: The First Sex Symbolism Chapter 34
Weeping Goddesses: The First Mater Dolorosa Chapter 35
U-a A-u-a: The First Lullaby Chapter 36
The Ideal Mother: Her First Literary Portrait Chapter 37
Three Funeral Chants: The First Elegies Chapter 38
The Pickaxe and the Plow: Labor's First Victory Chapter 39
Home of the Fish: The First Aquarium Corrigenda and Addenda to the Second Edition Glossary Appendix A. A Curse and a Map: New Gleanings from the Tablets of Sumer Appendix B. The Origin and Development of the Cuneiform System of Writing and Other Comments on the Illustrations