All these are questions that we might find ourselves occasionally asking, but is there really an answer?
Healing meditationThat's "Sumer," like Sumerian, not like the season (i.e., Summer).
It may not seem all too miraculous in today's World, but back then, figuring out that you could poke holes in the ground with a stick, plant seeds, and things would actually grow, would indeed seem to be a miracle.
Just goes to show that us guys don't have everything figured out.
- But, this very simple form of farming couldn't begin to produce the amount of food required for an entire civilization to form.
The very first herders would have seen the lack of wild game, and then decided to catch and domesticate the few remaining animals, in order to have a near-by supply of meat, should they need it.