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Dan Snow's History Hit · 2025-03-17 · 35 min · 6,677 words

Babylon: The Most Important City of Antiquity

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You've heard of Greece. You've heard of Rome. As I understand it, some people think about Rome. Rather a lot. But do they think

About Mesopotamian culture. That bedrock culture on which so much subsequent Greek and Roman science. Politics. Engineering and warfare. Was based.

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