via ancient-code The gods An, Enlil, Enki and Ninhursanga create the black-headed people and create comfortable conditions for the animals to live and procreate. Then kingship descends from heaven and the first cities are founded: Eridu, Bad-tibira, Larak, Sippar, and Shuruppak. Like many other creation stories from different cultures around the globe , Sumerian clay tablets tell the story of how GODS literally created and later modified mankind, creating man in their own image. Around 4500 BC, in what is today modern-day Iraq, Sumer, or the land of the kings flourished in the region where the ancient Sumerians created an extremely advanced civilization, unlike any other at the time, with an elaborate writing system and language of its own. This ancient civilization is considered by many scholars as one of the (first) advanced civilizations on the planet. Apart of an elaborate language and writing system, this ancient culture developed incredible architectural skills, arts unlike