Civilisation

Uruk: an early major city

c. 3200 BCE · fourth millennium BCE

By around 3200 BCE, Uruk in southern Mesopotamia was a major city, with monumental buildings and records of goods and rations. Urban life was one regional development, not the beginning of human culture or a universal path.

Metropolitan Museum · Uruk: The First City

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By around 3200 BCE, Uruk in southern was a major city, with monumental buildings and records of goods and rations. Urban life was one regional development, not the beginning of human culture or a universal path.

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Middle East

The cradle of civilisation — Mesopotamia, Persia, the three Abrahamic faiths, and a region of deep influence.

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Datec. 3200 BCE · fourth millennium BCE

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