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Ancient Civilizations
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Any flood would feel like the end of the world if your neighbors drowned and your community washed away. In Mesopotamia when torrential rains hit alongside spring snowmelt, the Tigris and Euphrates would burst their banks, growing the region under hundreds of miles of lakes. Archaeologists say an ancient Sumerian city called Shurrupak (Iraq's Tell Fara) was laid waste by flood nearly 5,000 years ago. A Babylonian version of GILGAMESH mentions Shurrupak by name. It describes a deluge that wipes o
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― Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
― Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
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Our names (Global South) are not doormats of empire, our dust is larger than Greece and Rome.
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― With Love From A Blue Rock
― With Love From A Blue Rock
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