sumer

Noun
  1. An area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq;
    Site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC (synset 108938021)
    domain member region:
    • enki - water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea
    • en-lil, enlil - god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods
    • eresh-kigal, ereshkigal, ereshkigel - goddess of death and consort of Nergal
    • inanna - consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz)
    • ki - goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru
    • nammu - goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth
    • namtar, namtaru - a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind
    • nanna - god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin
    • ninhursag, ninkharsag, ninkhursag - the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu
    • ninib, ninurta - a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod
    • utu, utug - sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash
    • zu, zubird - evil storm god represented as a black bird
    • enkidu - legendary friend of Gilgamish
    • gilgamish - legendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics
    is an instance of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
    has: ur - an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River
    is a part of:
    • al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq - a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
    • babylonia, chaldaea, chaldea - an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)

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