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