I'm not entirely sure that anyone can say with authority what the governmental arrangements were in Uruk. I'm not entirely sure anyone can say with any confidence how far back the saga of Gilgamesh lies in pre-history.

But if Uruk was the first town, ie pre-dates Jericho, then we're talking 10,000 years. And there are towns in Turkey that are older than Jericho with sophisticated stone work. So, the events that inspired the Saga of Gilgamesh probably originates from the middle Ice age. Way before Nineveh.


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