What is Nippur known for?
Nippur played an important role in the development of the world’s earliest civilization. It was the seat of the worship of the Sumerian god Enlil, the ‘Lord Wind,’ ruler of the cosmos, and the religious centre of Sumer in the 3rd and 2nd millenium BCE. What is Nippur called today? Nippur, modern Niffer, or Nuffar,…