Until the 19th century, Western scholars believed that “civilization” began in Europe—specifically Greece and Rome. A small but revolutionary group pursued a new idea: That civilization began in the ...
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4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government BureaucracyThe artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
Red tape may feel like a modern-day frustration, but according to archaeologists, it's been a part of governance for millennia. Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic systems were ...
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