CONCLUSIONSumerian fashion was varied and differed throughout the Protoliterate, Early Dynastic,
Akkadian and Ur III periods. It was the domain of the elite and the ruling classes. They
were the first to assign certain styles (uniforms) to particular official positions both
military and religious. Dress differentiated between mortals and divinities and between
Sumerians and people from neighbouring regions. In matters of dress, the Sumerians
were the style setters of the ancient world, in the same way as Western dress dominates
the world today.
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