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4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians' Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...
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Mesopotamia’s 6,000-year-old cylinders with antique symbols uncover birth of writing
On ancient cylinders, 6000 years old, researchers believed that they ... the late seventh millennium BCE and onward in ...
Cuneiform: the world’s first writing system
Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Mesopotamia by Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid and comedian Phil Wang to learn about the history of cuneiform, the oldest writing system in the world.
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How Mesopotamia’s Urban and Industrial Revolution Started Politics as We Know It Today
Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality.
3,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Canal System Found in Iraq, Unveiling Ancient Irrigation Methods
Researchers in Iraq have uncovered an extensive Mesopotamian canal system used for irrigation over 3,000 years ago.