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What number system powered the first cities? Step into the storehouses and tablet rooms of Uruk and Nippur.

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Here, cuneiform numerals took shape—from clay tokens to wedge-marks—organizing grain, silver, and labor.

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Built on base‑60, they synced markets, temples, and canals.

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These marks didn’t just count; they made urban life legible—and empires workable.