welcome
Guardian

Guardian

Entertainment

Entertainment

‘Spreadsheets of empire’: red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists after Iraq finds

Guardian
Summary
Nutrition label

79% Informative

Hundreds of administrative tablets the earliest physical evidence of the first empire in recorded history have been discovered by archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq .

They were the state archives of the ancient Sumerian site of Girsu , modern-day Tello, while the city was under the control of the Akkad dynasty from 2300 to 2150BC .

VR Score

79

Informative language

78

Neutral language

59

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

Affiliate links

no affiliate links

Small business owner?

Otherweb launches Autoblogger—a revolutionary way to bring more leads to any small business, using the power of AI.