While in the case of Mesopotamian cities walls clearly demarcate an in- and outside for the city dwellers, Empires usually cannot use walls to draw this line. Therefore, techniques that are more ...

Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists - The administrative tablets give a rare insight into ancient bureaucracy ...

Criterion (iii): The remains of the Mesopotamian cities of Uruk, Ur and Eridu offer an outstanding ... temples, palaces, city walls, and hydraulic works; a class structured society reflected in the ...

Criterion (iii): The remains of the Mesopotamian cities of Uruk, Ur and Eridu offer an outstanding ... temples, palaces, city walls, and hydraulic works; a class structured society reflected in the ...