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Dead sheep to gold: 4,000-year-old tablet reveals world’s first empire’s secrets

Interesting Engineering 17 Mar 2025
Evidence of the Akkadian Empire’s administration ... Before the recent Girsu excavations, the knowledge and functioning of the Akkadian Empire were poorly understood ... Empire’s administration.
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‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds

The Observer 16 Mar 2025
... or much later copies of Akkadian inscriptions “which are not completely reliable” ... The Akkadian empire lasted for only about 150 years, ending with a rebellion that secured the city’s independence.
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