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Which is the origin of Sumerians?

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The questions concerning their origin cannot be answered with certainty. Some evidence suggests that they may have come as conquerors from the East (possibly from Iran or India). At any rate, as modern excavations have shown, there was in the 5th millennium BC a prehistoric village culture in the area.

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