michael<p>Ancient <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mesopotamian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesopotamian</span></a> stone tablets show extraordinary detail and reach of government in cradle of world civilisations</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/15/stone-tablets-mesopotamia-iraq-red-tape-bureaucracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>