Signatures meant more in Mesopotamia than they do now: What cylinder seals say about ancient and modern life

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...
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Chapter 2 Spread and Independent Technical Invention of the Earthen Material in the Southern Caucasus and Northern Mesopotamia during the sixth Millennium BCE

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The invention of enterprise : entrepreneurship from ancient Mesopotamia to modern times / edited by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr, & William J. Baumol

Foreword / Carl J. Schramm -- Preface: the entrepreneur in history / William J. Baumol -- Acknowledgments / William J. Baumol and Robert J. Strom -- Introduction: global enterprise and industrial ...
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What the Mesopotamians can teach us about ChatGPT and the impact of new tech

Adapting to technological advances is a defining part of 21st-century life. But it’s not unique to us: it’s been part of the human story since our earliest written records – even featuring in the ...