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> Babylon and its fired clay is a bit of an exception It wasn’t just Babylon but dozens of other civilizations in the region. IIRC we have a lot more Assyrian
by ffgjgf1 3y ago
> Babylon and its fired clay is a bit of an exception
It wasn’t just Babylon but dozens of other civilizations in the region. IIRC we have a lot more Assyrian tablets because Babylon and their allies sacked and burned the Assyrian capital which preserved their library.