how did the sumerians take over?

Question

how did the sumerians take over?

Answer 1

Technically speaking the sumerians didn't so much as take over but came into being in the area of Mesopotamia. It was later groups such as the Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, etc... who invaded the Fertile Crescent and took over.

Sumerians were the cultural group which evolved into city-states like Uruk which fought amongst themselves. Though they were conquerored, their culture lived on thru their conquerors and had a long impact in the area.

Answer 2

The history of Sumer, taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods, spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BC, ending with the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2004 BC, followed by a transition period of Amorite states before the rise of Babylonia in the 18th century BC.

The Sumerians claimed that their civilisation had been brought, fully formed, to the city of Eridu (possibly from Dilmun, later identified with Bahrain) by their god Enki or by his advisor or Abgallu (from Ab=water, Gal=great, Lu=man), Adapa U-an (the Oannes of Berossus). This claim may be in part based upon fact, as Eridu was then on the coastline of the Persian Gulf, and was the oldest city of southern Mesopotamia.

The list of Sumerian kings contains a traditional list of the early dynasties; however much of it is likely mythical, and only a few of the early names have been authenticated through archaeology. The best-known dynasty, that of Lagash, is not listed there at all.