Sumerians Research Paper

Sumeria is one of the ancient civilizations in historical regions in Mesopotamia, which is now modern day Iraq. Historians believe that the area called Sumer was first permanently settled by non -Semitic people who spoke the Sumerian language. The Sumerian civilization took form in the Uruk period (4th millennium BCE). The Sumerian city of Eridu was the world’s first city, where three separate cultures merged – the peasant farmers, nomadic Semitic pastoralists and fisher folks who were the ancestors of the Sumerians. Based on research, historians believe before the Sumerians there was no other known civilization as advanced as the Sumerians. Sumerians were advanced in their technologies, knowledge and development of a society. Sumerians developed and cataloged the brightest stars, and outline zodiacal constellations.
The Sumerians were also the first people to make calendars based on the phases of the moon. The Sumerian scribes used the phases of the moon counting 12 lunar months as a year. They also knew of the existence of all the planets in our solar system except for Pluto. Sumerians knew that Earth was round and that Earth circled around the sun. They were familiar with comets, meteors, and could calculate relationship between the movement of the sun, moon and Earth and predict

The Sumerians counted the sun and moon as planets. 11 of the Sumerian planets are recognized in our solar system. According to the Sumerians the 12th planet is called Nibiru. Nibiru is the planet of the Gods. The planet visits our solar system every 3600 years. The orbit of Nibiru is elliptical and travels through our system passing between mars and Jupiter then turning around the sun and leaving for another 3600 years. Several Sumerian tablets depict the 12 planets with the accurate orbits and sizes in relation of each other. They also had written histories about the beginning of our solar system and creation of