The findings indicate that the origins of the state and its institutions in Mesopotamia are, at least in part, in their capacity to provide food to members.

Marked with the administrative details of government, the tablets have illuminated ... governance by conquering all the ...

Marked with the administrative details of government, the tablets have illuminated ... governance by conquering all the Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia, creating what most historians call the ...

Sebastien Rey (centre), the British Museum’s curator of ancient Mesopotamia ... developed in 2015 and first funded by the British Government in response to the destruction of heritage sites ...