What was the Ancient Sumer civilisation? Ancient Sumer was in the southern part of a place called Mesopotamia. Learn about what life was like in this civilisation. When was Ancient Sumer?
In the end, Sumer was invaded by the Elamites who came from modern-day Iran. Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK. Would you like to visit me at the dawn of civilisation in ancient Sumer?
A student from ancient Sumer (modern-day Iraq) got the answer wrong on their 4,000-year-old geometry homework at a time when the world shifted from oral to written dissemination of knowledge.