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  1. The Sumerians used 9-18-18-9-7-1-20-9-15-14 to water their fields.
  2. 16-15-12-25-20-8-5-9-19-13 refers to the worship of two or more gods.
  3. The 6-5-18-20-9-12-5   3-8-5-19-3-5-14-20, shaped like an arc, stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
  4. The Sumerians created the first vehicles with 23-8-5-5-12-19.
  5. The Sumerians moved into Mesopotamia from their original home near the3-1-19-16-9-1-14 and 2-12-1-3-11 seas.
  6. 3-21-14-5-9-6-15-18-13 is a form of writing consisting of wedged strokes on clay tablets.
  7. The Sumerians used 19-9-24-20-25 as their unit of counting, which is why today there are sixty seconds in a minute, sixty minutes in an hour, and 360 degrees in a circle.
  8. A 3-9-20-25  -  19-20-1-20-5 is an independent city and its surrounding area.
  9. The Sumerians established the earliest known 3-9-22-9-12-9-26-1-20-9-15-14.
  10. The chief Sumerian god was 13-1-18-4-21-11.
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  1. 7-9-12-7-1-13-5-19-8 was a legendary hero of the Sumerians.
  2. Sumer was located between the Tigris and 5-21-16-8-18-1-20-5-19 rivers.
  3. A 8-9-5-18-1-18-3-8-25 is a way that people in a society rank themselves and others according to status.
  4. Women maintained some legal 18-9-7-8-20-19 in Sumerian society.
  5. A 26-9-7-7-21-18-1-20 was a Sumerian pyramid-temple.
  6. Sumerian cuneiform was deciphered by Sir Henry 18-1-23-12-9-14-19-15-14 in 1846.
  7. The Sumerians are credited with inventing the 1-18-3-8.
  8. 13-5-19-15-16-15-20-1-13-9-1 is a Greek term meaning "between the rivers."
  9. The Sumerians developed 1-19-20-18-15-14-15-13-25 so that they could create more accurate calendars.
  10. The Epic of Gilgamesh includes a 6-12-15-15-4 story similar to the Abrahamic religious tale of Noah and his ark.
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