Samuel Noah Kramer's History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Man's Recorded History, (3rd rev. ed., Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981) discusses a variety of Sumerian "innovations"—common cultural, historical, scientific, and social trends or events that were first recorded in Sumeria. Kramer's book covers such topics as: "Education: The First Schools," "Medicine: The First Pharmacopoeia," "Ethics: The First Moral Ideals," "The Sacred Marriage Rite: The First Sex Symbolism," "U-a a-u-a: The First Lullaby," and "Home of the Fish:.....
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