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Uruk period

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Long ago, people built big cities.

Basse Mésopotamie Uruk.png
Basse Mésopotamie Uruk.png
One city was named Uruk. People grew food in the dirt. They also made things with clay. They even made the first writing!
Clay Tablet - Louvre - AO29562 (cropped).jpg
Clay Tablet - Louvre - AO29562 (cropped).jpg
It was a busy time. Can you imagine living there?

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File:Basse Mésopotamie Uruk.png
Basse Mésopotamie Uruk.png
File:Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief, ca. 3300–2900 B.C. Late Uruk–Jemdet Nasr. Southern Mesopotamia.jpg
Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls...
File:Eye idols - Tell Brak BM.jpg
Eye idols - Tell Brak BM.jpg
File:British Museum Middle east 14022019 Beveled rim bowl Nineveh Late Uruk Period 3672.jpg
British Museum Middle east 14022019...
File:Uruk expansion 2 en.svg
Uruk expansion 2 en.svg
File:Cylinder seal cowshed Louvre Klq17.jpg
Cylinder seal cowshed Louvre Klq17.jpg
File:Jemdet Nasr tablet AN1926.583.jpg
Jemdet Nasr tablet AN1926.583.jpg
File:Uruk Trough.jpg
Uruk Trough.jpg
File:Empreinte tissage Sb 3048.jpg
Empreinte tissage Sb 3048.jpg
File:Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin 045.jpg
Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin 045.jpg
File:Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin - Habuba Kabira 01.jpg
Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin - Habuba...
File:Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin 044.jpg
Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin 044.jpg

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