1874, from French Sumérien (1872), "pertaining to Sumer," name of a district in ancient Babylonia, once the seat of a great civilization. As the name of a language from 1887. Related: Sumeria.
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1. This Sumerian learning had a very great vitality.
苏美尔人的这种学识是具有强大的生命力的.
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2. The Sumerian, however, had little stone available.
然而苏美尔人没有石料可以利用.
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3. So too the stories of Moses and of Samson have Sumerian and Babylonian parallels.
同样,关于摩西和参孙的传说在苏美尔和巴比伦也有相似的版本.
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4. There are, however, massive brick pillars in Sumerian buildings at Ur and at Kish.
不过, 在乌尔和渴石的苏美尔人的建筑物中,有用砖砌成的粗大的柱子.
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5. What are the other civilizations that are contemporary with the Sumerian civilization?