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QUICK FACTS ABOUT MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATIONS

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Quick facts about Mesopotamian civilizations

Mesopotamia was the cradle for the first civilizations(Sumerians, Akkadians, or Babylonians and Assyrians). Some scholars name them Summero-akkadians or Assyro-babylonians.

The Sumerians

were the first civilization in history. They were the first who have build an empire under the ruler Sargon the Akkadian. They have build the first city.

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INTRIGUING QUICK FACTS ABOUT NEANDERTHALS

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Did Neanderthals have better brain than Homo Sapiens Cro Magnon? Could be. Homo Neanderthal had a larger skull with 1600 cc brain and Homo Sapiens had a smaller brain on average 1400 cc of brain. What really matters for more abstract and sophisticated thinking is the surface of the cortex though. Neanderthals emerged as a specie about 800000 years ago. The oldest Neanderthal fossil is dated around 400000 years ago.

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