[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] From a historical and archaeological perspective, Gong's book meticulously traces the rise and fall of the Sumerian civilization. It offers a comprehensive ...

The tablets were discovered in the Sumerian site of Girsu, called Tello today. Settled around 4500 B.C.E. in modern-day Iraq, Sumer is the world’s oldest known civilization. During the third ...