Classroom lesson · Cuneiform — The World's First Writing · 🇮🇶 Iraq
People in Iraq invented writing more than 5,000 years ago
From the Iraq country briefing - opens for a class to learn together or a teacher to walk through.
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People in Iraq invented writing more than 5,000 years ago
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A giant stepped tower built 4,000 years ago
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Hatra — City in the Desert
A 2,000-year-old desert city with towering carved archways
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The Mesopotamian Marshes
A watery world of reed islands, water buffalo, and rare birds
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