[PIF]

“Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia, an area of modern Iraq known as the cradle of civilization, more than 6,000 years ago, where they invented writing, the wheel, the plough, irrigation, the 24-hour day and the first city-states.”

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The fable for small children continues ...

[BenLurkin]

If that is a fable, then what is the truth?

[tarheelswamprat]

SunkenCiv -“Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia, an area of modern Iraq known as the cradle of civilization, more than 6,000 years ago, where they invented writing, the wheel, the plough, irrigation, the 24-hour day and the first city-states.”

thsr: you forgot the most important one - beer!

PIF: The fable for small children continues ...

BenLurkin: If that is a fable, then what is the truth?

According to the Sumerians' own writings, they didn't invent the things listed above - the knowledge was given to them by beings that came down from the sky, whom they called annunaki.

[jmacusa]

The Sumerians probably invented the vacation too.