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| Does 11,000-Year-Old Göbekli Tepe Hold Secrets To The Rise Of City-States?
October 24, 2017 by SkyWatch Editor
 The emergence of state authority was a logical consequence of the move to settled agriculture, or so we thought. Until recently, we also assumed that ancient peoples welcomed the advantages of this way of life as well as the growth of state leadership, since it was key to the development of culture, crafts and civil order. Over the past 50 years, though, more and more cracks have appeared in this picture. We now know settled agriculture existed for several thousand years before the emergence of the city states of the Near East and Asia. In the past few years, archaeologists have been stunned to find 11,000-year-old structures such as those at Göbekli Tepe, in what is now southern Turkey. These were built by peoples who foraged, and who also developed specialised skills, both artistic and artisanal. This is a surprise, and leaves researchers busily trying to get the story straight – something that really matters for a number of reasons. (READ MORE) |
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