“Art of the First Cities ... created by the Sumerians of lower Mesopotamia, a people who founded the first cities, invented writing, created monumental architecture and developed irrigation ...

Sumerians were notable for their art and architecture, language (the oldest ... You see, the Sumerians of Mesopotamia invented beer, and they drank a lot of it. Historians believe that beer ...

(The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1931 (31.13.1) Image: www.metmuseum.org. VEX.2020.1.2) In Mesopotamia ... well as writing and sophisticated architecture. It’s an impressive ...