Uruk: Origins and Legends of History's Earliest City

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Source/Further reading:

General History:
https://www.ancient.eu/uruk/  
https://www.metmuseumo.org/toah/hd/ur...
https://books.google.com/books/about/...  

Origins of Uruk: agricultural revolution, societal development and local economy
https://archive.org/details/LiveraniM...  

Origins of Writing: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wrt...  

Gilgamesh, his ancestors and Uruk’s trade networks:
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gil...  
https://books.google.com/books/about/...  
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2743567?...

Inanna:
https://books.google.com/books/about/...  

Recent Explorations:
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