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The five-thousand-mile journey of a single word

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Enheduanna: the world’s first author was a woman, and history nearly forgot her

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Here is why life in India hits different

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Cyrus the Great: From shepherd to King of the universe

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The split-second decision that erased a city

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Inside the world’s first great city

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