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5,000-year-old artifacts in Iraq hint at mysterious collapse of one of the world's 1st governments

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Clay bowls may be evidence of one of the earliest government institutions in the world.

They were unearthed at an archaeological site in northern Iraq .

The site was abandoned in the late fourth millennium B.C. without any signs of violence or environmental pressures.

The researchers think this indicates local people rejected the idea of a centralized system of authority.

Tom writes mainly about science, space, archaeology, the Earth and the oceans. He has also written for the BBC , NBC News , National Geographic , Scientific American , Air & Space , and many others..