... two rivers and were centered around the temple. The first city, Uruk, began as a religious center. This description of Uruk reveals the Mesopotamian attitude toward cities, "Go up on the wall of Uruk and walk around, examine its foundation, inspect its brickwork One league city, one league palm gardens, one league lowlands, the open area of the Ishtar Temple" (Tablet 1 L 16 ... ...

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