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Sumeria
Sumer (/ˈsuːmər/) is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now southern Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. It is also one of the first civilizations in the world, along with Ancient Egypt, Norte Chico, Minoan civilization, Ancient China, Mesoamerica and the Indus Valley. Living along the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates, Sumerian farmers grew an abundance of grain and other...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sumeria grisea
speciesSumeria grisea
Sumeria dipotamica
speciesSumeria dipotamica
Sumeria sexpunctata
speciesSumeria sexpunctata
Sumeria leucanioides
speciesSumeria leucanioides
Sumeria roseiventris
speciesSumeria roseiventris
Sumeria postalba
speciesSumeria postalba
Sumeria phragmatoecioides
speciesSumeria phragmatoecioides
Sumeria lanuginosa
speciesSumeria lanuginosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 716414.