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The Core Mystery Brief
One of the world's first true cities, birthplace of writing and the epic of Gilgamesh in ancient Sumer.
What We Know
Uruk was one of the largest cities in the world by 2900 BCE. The earliest known writing — proto-cuneiform — emerged here.
What Is Debated
The exact process by which writing developed from accounting tokens to a full script is still studied.
The Mystery
How did the world's first writing system develop, and why?
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