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Originally Posted by Kalzazz
In the Epic of Gilgamesh I believe that the walls of Great Walled Uruk were made 'all through of kiln fired brick'
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Sounds very much like a boast that the city fathers of Shussels would like to have made when the wall was first built.
There is every reason to assume that when the area was first settled, it might have been forested, with long-term human habitation having used all the trees for fuel.