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蘇美爾

简苏美尔 · 繁蘇美爾

Mandarin · pinyin Sū měi ěr

Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East

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美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
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苏: sū · revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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1–3–3 · Su1 mei3 er3

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Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)

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