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A PLACE TO BEGIN · URUK

A TRACE TO FOLLOWA record in clay.The Met · ca. 3100–2900 BCE · Public Domain

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Editorial reconstruction of Uruk with waterways and mud-brick buildings.

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The First Cities

What changes when people begin to live together at scale?

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