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> Over the course of this period, Sumerian urban communities grew into the very first true cities anywhere on earth. ...of which we have knowledge now. Keepin
by smitty1e 4y ago
> Over the course of this period, Sumerian urban communities grew into the very first true cities anywhere on earth.
...of which we have knowledge now.
Keeping it humble is a general challenge. However, one feels confident that human knowledge is still closer to the beginning than to the fullness of any macro, micro, or historical understanding of the universe.
Were we capable of observing this romantic past, one surmises that we'd be shocked at how normal and boring it all is. Modulo technology, Solmon's observation holds constant: "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." (Eccl1:9)
- lproven 4y ago> ...of which we have knowledge now. For a start there is Göbekli Tepe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe Göbekli Tepe was nearly as long before cuneiform writing as cuneiform was before now. It's not really about cities. It's about cultures that wrote stuff down.
- pmayrgundter 4y agoYep. Images from the article for the earliest Sumerian writing forms look very similar to Göbekli. Writing with pictures goes back a very very long way