{"title":"Samuel Noah Kramer","description":"Samuel Noah Kramer (1897 - 1990) was one of the world's leading Assyriologists and a world-renowned expert in Sumerian history and Sumerian language. After high school he attended Temple University before Dropsie and Penn. Kramer earned his Ph.D. in 1929, and was famous for assembling tablets recounting single stories that had become distributed among different institutions around the world. He retired from formal academic life in 1968, but remained very active throughout his post-retirement years.","products":[{"product_id":"the-sumerians-their-history-culture-and-character-paperback","title":"The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic, groundbreaking account of the earliest known human civilization\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this classic work, Samuel Noah Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365713739999,"sku":"9780226452388","price":59.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ye1aCg176S9780226452388.webp?v=1789070204"},{"product_id":"sumerian-mythology-paperback","title":"Sumerian Mythology - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1944, 'Sumerian Mythology' was written by Samuel Noah Kramer, a leading figure in the creation of the modern discipline of Sumerology. He was the first to piece together, decipher, and edit major works of Sumerian mythology and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sumerians were a non-Semitic, non-Indo-European people who flourished in southern Babylonia from the beginning of the fourth to the end of the third millennium B.C. During this long stretch of time the Sumerians, whose racial and linguistic affiliations are still unclassifiable, represented the dominant cultural group of the entire Near East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sumerians were the pragmatic and gifted people who created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366821003487,"sku":"9781773239712","price":12.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VlXBgexvdm9781773239712.webp?v=1789098771"},{"product_id":"enmerkar-and-the-lord-of-aratta-hardcover","title":"Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta - Hardcover","description":"","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376624992479,"sku":"9781666750737","price":37.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/L1J2R4p1vy9781666750737.webp?v=1789218191"},{"product_id":"enmerkar-and-the-lord-of-aratta-paperback","title":"Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta - Paperback","description":"","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376629547231,"sku":"9781666750720","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/D2tUxD-Q-f9781666750720.webp?v=1789218203"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/samuel-noah-kramer.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}