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This project investigates the role of agriculture in the rise of early cities in Mesopotamia by analyzing charred plant remains from archaeological sites. It aims to understand the differences between intensive and extensive farming systems and their impact on urban development from the 7th to the 1st millennium B.C.
During the 4th-3rd millennia B.C in Mesopotamia, communities previously living in small egalitarian villages progressively grew into large cities, ruled by political, religious and economic institutions.
Cultural expansions and climate change contributed to socio-economic transformations and adaptations including in crop production.
The development of an intensive irrigated farming system in southern Mesopotamia enabled the rise of early cities there; simultaneously, in rain-fed northern Mesopot…
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