Posted on 03/25/2020 8:25:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
They invented the Sumer home which can be relaxing
See, this is what I love about Free Republic and the Internet in general-I am a history buff, but my understanding of history is largely bound from about the Middle Ages on, though I have delved into some Roman, Egyptian, and Greek.
Your post made me look up the clay tablets of Mari, and now I know a tiny bit about them.
Just lots of bits and pieces, but I am richer for them!
Thank you.
Imagine the sewage and stench that these 80k people produced with their minimal sanitation abilities. I know that the infant death rates must have been horrendous! these start-up civilizations, to which we owe a great debt, got their start in the areas that could benefit from organized agriculture, which is why the 3 centers were in China, Indus River and this 'Fertile Crescent'.
LOL. On a similar note my parents were Zoroastrians when I was a kid. They made me dress up with the cape and mask and hat every day. The only day of the year I wasn’t bullied was Halloween.
“get more prosperous than their neighbors and
would march on out and conquer as many as they could”
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The ancient land of Sumeria is now called Iraq.
Not much has changed in their culture.
/rimshot!
...and then along comes Mari...
Ouch. How was the candy?
Woolley pointed out a cultural practice -- to bury the deceased family members under the (dirt/mortar) floor of the house -- which couldn't have been that hygienic, and he speculated that the large size of these cities may have been in part due to abandonment of contaminated homes. I doubt this though. And I don't remember reading that Gacy's family had to move out over that problem.
Hahaha...I wasn’t expecting that...:)
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