Shahr-e Sukhteh
One of the largest Bronze Age cities of eastern Iran, the 'Burnt City'; gave us the earliest artificial eyeball and a very early board game. UNESCO-listed.
Dated events and their evidence
- 3,550 BCE mainstream
settlement founded source - 3,000 BCE mainstream
great fire destroys residential quarters source - 2,300 BCE mainstream
city abandoned source
Where
30.5953° N, 61.3264° E
Sources
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