Art of the First Cities | The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2003/art-of-the-first-cities
Art of the First Cities surveys the evolution of art and culture in the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates and their impact on the emerging cities of the ancient world—from the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean across Central Asia and along the Gulf to the Indus Valley—during one of the most seminal and creative periods in history.
In their own language, Sumerian, they call themselves sag giga, or "black-headed