Learning Objective To understand the history and accomplishments of the Sumerian people Key Points The Sumerians were a people living in Mesopotamia from the 27th-20th century BCE. The major periods in Sumerian history were the Ubaid period (6500-4100 BCE), the Uruk period (4100-2900 BCE), the Early Dynastic period (2900-2334 BCE), the Akkadian Empire period (2334 … Continue reading The Sumerians