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Earlier this month, the United Kingdom returned a 3,000 year old boundary stone from the Babylonian Empire to Iraq, the modern day country that is built on the remains of the old Mesopotamian civilization. According to "The History Blog," the boundary stone is covered in cuneiform writing that establishes a land grant from the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar I and details a myth about the Babylonian gods Enlil and Marduk. In addition to recording the land grant, the text describes an enormously significant period of Babylonian history. It tells of how at the end of the preceding dynasty, Elamite forces had invaded the kingdom, looted the temples and carried away the statue of the god Marduk leaving Babylon bereft not just of the visual representation of the god, but of the protection of the god himself.
"American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it." - James Baldwin
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