| The literature of the Assyrians, Babylonians and Sumerians mentions the dog in rapturous phrases. |
| Independently, the Sumerians and the Egyptians developed much simpler phonetic syllabaries consisting of about 26 letters. |
| To the Phoenicians He was Adoni, to the Anatolians He was Attis, to the Sumerians Damuzi. |
| The Sumerians, Akkadians, Mesopotamians and Ancient Egyptians certainly enjoyed them. |
| The Sumerians are credited with inventing the cuneiform system of writing, which was originally pictographic but gradually became stylized. |
| Archaeological evidence dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. indicates that the main island probably was settled by Sumerians. |
