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Dec 2022
52m 16s

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings in the Ancie...

Wondery / Patrick Wyman
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The sheer amount of time separating the establishment of the first cities in the ancient Near East, and the invention of cuneiform writing, from the end of the period that they define is mind-boggling: almost 3,000 years, far longer than the span that separates us today from the end of that period. Professor Amanda Podany has written a fantastic book on this ... Show More
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