(北京:北京大学出版社,2013年版)苏美尔(Sumer)一词是古代的地域名称,其苏美尔语形式是ki-en-giA。苏美尔文明则是指以苏美尔语文献为主要标志的文明,其历史时间大约是从乌鲁克IV到伊辛—拉尔萨时期(公元前3200年到公元前18世纪)这千余年的两河流域文明(拱玉书2001:2)。对苏美尔文明的研究是属于古代两河流域文明(亚述学)研究的范畴,它是世界上古史研究中的一个重要方向。《泥板上不朽的苏美尔文明》一书的出版适逢世界史学科升级成一级学科,而世界上古 (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2013) The Sumer word is an ancient geographical name, and its Sumerian form is ki-en-giA. The Sumerian civilization refers to civilizations marked primarily by Sumerian documents, which are about the historical time from Uruk IV to Ising Lhasa (3200 BC to 1800 BC) The years of the two river basin civilization (Gong Yu Shu 2001: 2). The study of Sumer civilization belongs to the category of civilization (the Assyrian studies) in the ancient Lianghe basin. It is an important direction in the study of ancient history in the world. The publication of the immortal Sumerian Civilization on the Mortal Board coincides with the upgrading of the discipline of world history to a first-class discipline,