Ignorance on the Sumerian civilization in the world wide reputation would come from many reasons.
First of all, the public relation effect in Europe on the Rosetta Stone in 1799 by Napoleon troop must
be noted as the faulty description of the history of ancient Sumerian to be a barbarian that was found on the
description of awful boat of Egyptian king witten on the Stone has given a wrong image of Sumerian in the history of ancient records studied.
Next misunderstanding has come from a racial problem which was introduced in the description made by
the Sargon the First of Akkad city in 2350 BC or some forty five hundred years ago on the discriminating
report telling that he who was high nose with white skin has defeated the enemy who was a round head in
black hair and blown skin born.
Third tragedy was the great fire of the library of Alexandria in 288 AD
where some fifty thousand books written on papyruses for the ancient stories of Mesopotamia were lost
in vain un recovered.
Forth difficulty has come from the recent two wars of Iran-Iraq conflicts
and Iraq War.
Although the archaeological studies in Mesopotamia in the half of twentieth century have
to be postponed, we can expect after the Iraq war is terminated the continued survey by the German group on the ancient Sumerian activity
that has been made in the northern Iraq studied. Archaeological study on the tribe of ancient Sumerian should be classified as the commercial and trade people.
The classification in the agricultural people for Sumerian could be applicable after the age of some fifth millennium
BC or seven thousand years ago approximately
at which era the Sumerian in the northern hill had moved down
Tigris river to the agricultural land cultivated. The typical study on the conflict introduced between the agricultural
tribe against the hunting tribe which was represented by the Semites tribe of Sargon the First of Akkad city who
defeated the Sumerian kingdom in 2350 BC or some forty five hundred years ago has been too much emphasized.
The particular worship of Sumerians on their guardian God ENLIL must be referred carefully. As the major facility
of ENLIL who has arranged the balance kept between three parties, or buyers, sellers and agents must be highly respected.
As the ancient Sumerians were successful in their trade business they would import their foods by paying
out their profits to the surrounded countries of farmers
, such as we will find in the case of nowadays Japan.
の記載にエジプトの御国自慢として、エジプト人は優秀であるが、それに比較すると古代シュメール人は
野蛮人であるという誤りの記載が存在したために、ヨーロッパの多くの人々に対してシュメール人は文明人では
ないという先入観を与えたことです。第二には、紀元前2350年（約四千五百年前）にシュメール人の王国を
武力で攻撃して征服したサルゴン大王
商業民族であったと
考えるのが妥当です。