Uruk: Origins and Legends of History's Earliest City

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Source/Further reading:

General History:
https://www.ancient.eu/uruk/
https://www.metmuseumo.org/toah/hd/ur...
https://books.google.com/books/about/...

Origins of Uruk: agricultural revolution, societal development and local economy
https://archive.org/details/LiveraniM...

Origins of Writing: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wrt...

Gilgamesh, his ancestors and Uruk’s trade networks:
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gil...
https://books.google.com/books/about/...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2743567?...

Inanna:
https://books.google.com/books/about/...

Recent Explorations:
https://www.rferl.org/a/1099592.html
https://www.newscientist.com/article/...
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
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