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  2. History of water supply and sanitation - Wikipedia

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    The first closed sewer constructed in Paris was designed by Hugues Aubird in 1370 on Rue Montmartre (Montmartre Street), and was 300 meters long. The original purpose of designing and constructing a closed sewer in Paris was less-so for waste management as much as it was to hold back the stench coming from the odorous waste water. [64]

  3. Abzu - Wikipedia

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    The Abzû or Apsû (Sumerian: ๐’€Š๐’ช abzû; Akkadian: ๐’€Š๐’ช apsû), also called E ngar (Cuneiform: ๐’‡‰, LAGAB×HAL; Sumerian: engar; Akkadian: engurru – lit. ab = 'water' zû = 'deep', recorded in Greek as แผˆπασฯŽν Apasแน“n [1]), is the name for fresh water from underground aquifers which was given a religious fertilising quality in ancient near eastern cosmology, including ...

  4. File:Solids Free Sewer diagram.svg - Wikipedia

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  5. File:N-Mesopotamia and Syria english.svg - Wikipedia

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  6. Babylonian Map of the World - Wikipedia

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    Babylonian Map of the World with false color. The map is circular with two boundary circles. Cuneiform script labels all locations inside the circular map, as well as a few regions outside. The two circles represent a body of water labelled id maratum "bitter river", the salt sea.

  7. Template:Timeline of Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    Template: Timeline of Mesopotamia. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This page was last edited on 22 January 2025, ...

  8. History of Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. The Civilization of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity.This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writing in the late 4th millennium BC, an increasing amount of historical sources.

  9. Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia) - Wikipedia

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    Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings. Metalwork, c. 2900–2600 BCE, Sumer. Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1]The Early Dynastic period (abbreviated ED period or ED) is an archaeological culture in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) that is generally dated to c. 2900 – c. 2350 BC and was preceded by the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods.