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Scribes in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Beginning of History

Ancient Mesopotamian scribes mastered cuneiform and broad knowledge to record transactions, administer society, and preserve history across civilizations.
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How to Write in Cuneiform, the Oldest Writing System in the World: A Short Introduction

Learning cuneiform can begin with hands-on activities, but true mastery of the syllabic Mesopotamian system requires years and access to museum tablet collections.
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Trade in Ancient Mesopotamia: How Commerce Encouraged Civilization

Local trade in ancient Mesopotamia began in the Ubaid period (circa 6500-4000 BCE), had developed into long-distance trade by the Uruk period (circa 4000-3100 BCE), and was flourishing by the time of the Early Dynastic period in Mesopotamia (circa 2900-2350/2334 BCE). Developments in trade continued up through 651 CE, the beginning of the medieval period of the Near East. Trade began in Mesopotamia for the same reason it did anywhere else - need.
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Mesopotamian city laments: a way to explain mass suffering

City laments portray urban destruction as divine decision resulting in abandonment by the city's tutelary god, suffering, and eventual restoration through the god's return.
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fromNature
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Ancient pottery reveals early evidence of mathematical thinking

Symmetrical botanical motifs on ancient pottery reveal structured spatial division and mathematical thinking predating formal written numbers.
Medicine
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Not just hocus pocus: when words were used to treat the sick DW 12/19/2025

Incantations historically personified illnesses as demons or body parts and were used alongside physical remedies to expel disease.
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fromBig Think
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The word for"wind": How ancient civilizations explained an invisible force

Sumerian cuneiform recorded weather terms including a word for wind, lil, with wind understood primarily through its visible effects rather than its invisible cause.
fromNature
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Changing tides ushered in the world's first civilization

Construction of tidal irrigation systems helped to drive the formation of city states some 5,000 years ago.
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