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Panbabylonism is the belief that the Old Testament, (among other Near Eastern religions) were either variations of Ancient Mesopotamian myths and beliefs, or heavily influenced by them. Is panbabylonism still in favor with modern assyriologists/religious scholars/theologians?
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The walls of Ancient Jericho are thought to have been built somewhere around 8,000BCE. Artifacts from Gobekli Tepe have been linked to 10,000BCE. Why then are the Sumerians, Egyptians and Indus Valley Civilization considered the first civilizations with the first true cities?
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In Lin Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, Hamilton remarks to Washington that the only way for him to rise above his station as an orphaned immigrant is to command men in battle. Is it accurate that the best way for a man in the 18th century to obtain more economic/social mobility was through the military?
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