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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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The Mountain of the Amorites, Tidnum and Ahlamu-Arameans
He was obviously a personification of the nomads of the desert and steppe. The Sumerian myth of Martu tells that he dwells in the mountains…he carries a weapon. He eats truffles in the foot of the ...