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Cuneiform writing on the Jerwan Aqueduct (703-690 BCE). King Sennacherib I of Assyria made sure that, thousands of years later, people would know that it was he who ordered the construction of this feat of Assyrian engineering.
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Meyer, S. (2014, September 15). Jerwan Aqueduct Inscription. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3024/jerwan-aqueduct-inscription/
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Meyer, Sebastian. "Jerwan Aqueduct Inscription." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 15, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3024/jerwan-aqueduct-inscription/.
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Meyer, Sebastian. "Jerwan Aqueduct Inscription." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 15 Sep 2014. Web. 17 Apr 2024.
