Trees in Sumeria
It is easy to think of Sumeria as a barren land, only kept alive by irrigation canals. In addition to irrigated trees such as date palms, we also find interesting flora such as the tamarisk, juniper and cedar.
Sargon of Akkad
Sargon of Akkad, or Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian empire in Mesopotamia, around 2300 BCE (the Akkadian period. The Akkadian empire was the first proper empire the world has seen, and Sargon was truly the world's first emperor. He is rumoured to have been born by a priestess, possibly in the mountains outside Akkad, and either did not know his father or his father belonged to an enemy hill tribe.
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The game of Ur
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