... their cities. The first cities were built by the Mesopotamians, in the land between the 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 ... ...

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