"Those who live near the water look into the mountains. They don't look in their own direction."

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Proverbs by languageSumerian literature
Original Language: English

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Note: Sumer was a and its irrigation relied on the of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, which has its sources in the mountains of eastern , Turkey.