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When did the western academic interest in ancient mesopotamian history and culture (Epic of Gilgamesh and Code of Hammurabi etc) start and where did it come from? An interest in human origins or did they claim a lineage from it?

by /u/Gothic-Wendigo in /r/AskHistorians

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