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Babylon

The Ancients

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What Do We Know About the First King?

We know a little bit from a very restricted source. At that time, they dated each year by a great thing that the king had done. I think there was a tremendous symbiosis between the people of the religion of the religious order and the palace with its administration as well. What happens outside there has hardly been touched at all by archaeologists. A lot of them lived in temporary accommodation, which might mean tents. And if you try to find a tent archaeologically, you're in for a tough time.

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