Uruk prospered because it sat at the center of a trade world connecting the Indus Valley, Arabia, Anatolia, and the Zagros Mountains, making it a multicultural and multilingual trading community.
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Uruk prospered because it sat at the center of a trade world connecting the Indus Valley, Arabia, Anatolia, and the Zagros Mountains, making it a multicultural and multilingual trading community.
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"What makes it special? The answer is this. It is at the center of the world. Okay? So, let me explain. From Uruk, you're..."
"Right? Because these traders from Arabia, Anatolia, the Zagros Mountains. Also, let's not forget about the Yemeni, okay? Who are up here in the..."
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