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How Did Uruk Become the First Great City? - The Uruk Expansion and Early Urban Scale | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the flat reed country of southern Mesopotamia, where no stone or timber grew, people built something unprecedented from mud, water, and collective effort. This episode explores how the ancient settlement of Uruk grew over centuries to become the world's first great city. It was not founded by a single decision or master plan, but emerged from a gradual accumulation of monumental architecture, specialized labor, and the demanding management of irrigation canals in a difficult riverine…
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