SOURCE: SciNews
2-20-13
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2-20-13
Radial routes ran outside Iraq
tags: Cold War, Syria, Mesopotamia, Middle EasternSpoke-like dirt paths extend as far as five kilometers from several ancient Mesopotamian cities that have been excavated in what’s now northeastern Syria. Although often regarded as transportation features unique to these more than 5,000-year-old sites, new evidence reveals similar radial paths in western Syria and southwestern Iran that date to as recently as 1,200 years ago....
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