Don't forget they also invented kings, cities, bread and BEER. The oldest epic poem in the world, Gilgamesh was written there. It was about the inconsolable grief of a man for his friend who died in battle. It was written about 2300 BC and mentioned the Great Flood.
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"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams
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