Bronze age city discovered in northern Iraq

Posted On: Dec 6th, 2016 at 10:44

Iraq
Despite the ongoing civil war, a bronze age city has been discovered in the autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.
The site, near the modern-day village of Bassetki, was established in at least 3000 BC and flourished for at least 1,200 years. Archaeologists have also found layers attributed to the Akkadian Empire (2340 – 2200 BC), which is (wrongly, in my opinion) thought to be the world’s earliest empire.
Some very interesting finds have surfaced during excavations – a road dating to 1800 BC connecting Mesopotamia and Anatolia has been found, and this was likely the most important road in the entire world at that time, connecting east with west. Also, fragments of Assyrian cuneiform tablets dating to 1200 BC have also been found.
The Bassetki settlement was extremely large for its day, with many roads and housing complexes stretching in all directions. It was probably one of the biggest cities in the world at that time period.
There is no doubt that further cities will be discovered in the area over the coming years. Let’s hope the wars in Syria and Iraq will cease sooner rather than later.

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