Mesopotamia | Boneblogger: Science and the outdoors https://boneblogger.com Exploring the natural world Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:51:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Role of Marshes in Ancient City Sustainability: Recent Findings & Modern Applications https://boneblogger.com/the-role-of-marshes-in-ancient-city-sustainability-recent-findings-modern-applications/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-role-of-marshes-in-ancient-city-sustainability-recent-findings-modern-applications Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:32:05 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2420 Until current research brought the prevailing opinions of leading archaeologists into question, it was widely believed that ancient cities in Mesopotamia sprang up alongside rivers. The theory was that river proximity allowed ancient city inhabitants to irrigate the surrounding desert, thus making the land arable. It was thought that cities such as Ur, which is […]

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