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Mesopotamia: The First Human Civilization

Mesopotamia is home to a lot of firsts. It's the cradle of bureaucracies and faculty culture. The name Mesopotamia refers to the land between two rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates. This agrarian society had an enormous surplus that made it possible to feed a lot of people - maybe for the first time in humanity.

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