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/uruk/hd_uruk.htm
https://books.google.com/books/about/Uruk.html?id=muCvDwAAQBAJ

Origins of Uruk: agricultural revolution, societal development and local economy
https://archive.org/details/LiveraniMario1998UrukTheFirstCity

Origins of Writing: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wrtg/hd_wrtg.htm

Gilgamesh, his ancestors and Uruk’s trade networks:
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gilg/hd_gilg.htm
https://books.google.com/books/about/Uruk.html?id=muCvDwAAQBAJ
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2743567?seq=1

Inanna:
https://books.google.com/books/about/Uruk.html?id=muCvDwAAQBAJ

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