Summary:
- Archaeologists have discovered Middle Bronze Age clay tablets that reveal previously unknown details about the history and culture of ancient Mesopotamia.
- The tablets, found in the ruins of a house in northern Iraq, contain information about the political and economic activities of a previously unknown Mesopotamian city-state called Karana.
- The discovery provides a rare glimpse into the complex social and political structures of the Middle Bronze Age in Mesopotamia, a region that is considered the cradle of civilization.