Although detox is primarily thought of as a treatment for alcohol or drug dependence, the term is also used to refer to a short-term diet that proponents claim can facilitate toxin removal and promote weight loss. Although there are many different types of detox diets, they generally follow the same principles: 1  Minimize the amount of chemicals ingested (for example, by eating organic food). 2  Emphasize foods that provide the vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants that the body needs for detoxification. Emphasize foods, such as fiber-rich foods and water, that increase the frequency of bowel movements and urination. What you can eat and can't depends on the particular detox diet. Some involve juicing or drinking liquids. Others allow some foods, such as fruits and vegetables, or include a broader range of foods.
The Sumerians were the first people to migrate to Mesopotamia, they created a great civilization. Beginning around 5,500 years ago, the Sumerians built cities along the rivers in Lower Mesopotamia, specialized, cooperated, and made many advances in technology.his is why Mesopotamia is part of the fertile crescent, an area of land in the Middle East that is rich in fertile soil and crescent-shaped. Ancient Mesopotamia and the Sumerians. The word Mesopotamia comes from Greek words meaning land between the rivers.. The rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates.
Sumerian was spoken in Sumer in southern Mesopotamia (part of modern Iraq) from perhaps the 4th millennium BC until about 2,000 BC, when it was replaced by Akkadian as a spoken language, though continued to be used in writing for religious, artistic and scholarly purposes until about the 1st century AD.hese type of symbol emerged in 3,000 BC. By about 2,800 BC some of the Sumerian glyphs were being used to represent sounds using the rebus principle. For example, the symbol for arrow, pronounced 'ti', was used to represent the word for life (til).