Nefer or (Nippur)
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Nefer or (Nippur) is the religious capital of the Sumerians and Babylonians. It is circular in shape, located 30 km south of the center of Diwaniyah, the center of Al-Qadisiyah Governorate, and 7 km northeast of the city of Afak. This city dates back to the era of the dawn of dynasties in the twentieth century BC, and the god Enlil was worshiped there, and it is said that he is Who ordered its construction? According to Sumerian records, it contains many antiquities, and thousands of clay figures were found. It was considered a holy city even in Babylonian times. It was famous for its large number of schools. The ancient Iraqi cities, such as Babylon, Ur, and Uruk, used to send their children and teachers to learn the Sumerian language in individual schools, because it organized an entire neighborhood called the Book District and the schools. They glorified everyone who was interested in the Sumerian language, and the oldest library in the history and civilization of ancient Iraq was found in The city of Nippur, which contained many wonderful literary texts and elegies that were written in a high literary style. In addition, the people of Nippur were interested in agriculture, its instructions and teachings, and to this day the people of this region still practice the methods that the people of Nippur practiced in agriculture.
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