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Possibly dumb question... Did they know the city was there when they built the Mosul Dam and flooded the area to create the present reservoir?
by jaqalopes 4y ago
Possibly dumb question... Did they know the city was there when they built the Mosul Dam and flooded the area to create the present reservoir?
- ncmncm 4y agoNot dumb. Yes, they did know of it. But they did not get opportunity to study it. So now they have to hustle before it goes under again. They had to do Abu Hureyra in a mad rush before it went under. That was a site occupied at the time the bolide strike in 10,818 BCE itinitiated the 1300-year Younger Dryas freeze, and burnt it to cinders and glass beads.
- xeromal 4y agoI've read about this before. I don't know if they knew, but I do know that they were headed for a water crisis and ancient cities don't have any value if your population thirsts to death. Iraq doesn't really have any natural springs so they rely on rivers who are controlled by other nations. It's a tough spot to be in.