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The Cucuteni–Trypillia megasites in Ukraine appear to predate the Mesopotamian ones by a few centuries, though they didn't have writing (apparently).
by vehemenz 2y ago
The Cucuteni–Trypillia megasites in Ukraine appear to predate the Mesopotamian ones by a few centuries, though they didn't have writing (apparently).
- biorach 2y agoI think that part of the reason the Cucuteni–Trypillia megasites are not mentioned so much in this context is because they look like enormous villages, missing many of the characteristics of a city which are present in Sumer.
- adastra22 2y agoYeah there's other near east settlements of this sort going back a full 10,000 years. Sumer was the first with purpose-built monumental architecture.
- singularity2001 2y agothese sites were in close proximity to the Vinca culture which did have some precursor of writing