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Sumer: The scene is set - Ubaid
Review "The Scene is Set: Ubaid".

Marsh Arabs Image credit: Nathan Bauman. These images of a Marsh Arab floating village of reed houses are from a web site called "Scribol". The site includes a map showing the destruction of the marsh.Visit the site.

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..."I lived in the Marshes of Southern Iraq from the end of 1951 until June 1958...I spent these years in the Marshes because I enjoyed being there...Soon the Marshes will probably be drained; when this happens, a way of life that has lasted for thousands of years will disappear."
The Marsh Arabs, Wilfred Thesiger,Penguin Classic. 2008 (originally published 1964) |
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