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Early Urban Developers Don't Fit Mesopotamian Mold (5 of 7)

Caption: December 1967 CORONA satellite photograph of Tell Brak, showing the high mound and surrounding outer settlement complex. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 31, 2007, issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Jason Ur and colleagues of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., was titled "Early Urban Development in the Near East."

Credit: Photo provided by United States Geological Survey, via Science-AAAS.

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