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(From The Statesman (India))

USA no better than Taliban Sir, - Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) is where civilisation was built on the basin of the twin rivers of Tigris and Euphrates in the historic period of 3600 BC. The dramatic advent of civilisation was made visible on a large scale by truly monumental architecture, fine representational sculptures and the invention of writing. Apart from that, Mesopotamia was the seat of a primitive democracy where the book of wisdom was written first. One of the seven wonders of the world - The beautiful Hanging Garden of Babylon, the artifice of "Imgur-Enlil" (the wall of fortification of the old city of Babylon) and various other artefacts are ...

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