... life. This is a striking similarity to the Christian/Jewish story of the Garden of Eden. Enki & Ninhursag also created life in a way similar to god in Genesis. The epic poem of "Gilgamesh" seems to contain a predecessor to the Bible's tree of knowledge. The most prolific similarity to the Bible is the story of the Great Flood. In the Sumerian religion version, Ziusudra hears ... . Government The economic and political system introduced by Sumerian civilizations greatly influenced all Near East civilizations to come. Sumerian early documents are mostly economic and administrative. The mos...

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