Archeology and decipherment -- History: heroes, king, and ensi's -- Society: the sumerian city -- Religion: theology, rite, and myth -- Literature: the sumerian belles-letters -- Education: the sumerian school -- Character: drives, motives, and values -- The legacy of sumer -- The oringin and development of the cuneiform system of writing -- The sumerian language -- Votive inscriptions -- Sample date-formulas -- Semerian king list -- Letters -- Ditilla's (court decisions) -- Lipit-ishatar law code -- Farmer's almanac.