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These clay tokens represent the first form of counting, before the invention of writing. They date back to the Neolithic period, 8000-7000 BCE and were found in Tapa Raza, south-east of modern Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, July 30). Clay Tokens for Counting. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2819/clay-tokens-for-counting/
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