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Clay tablet containing cuneiform letters, created in Babylon about 1353 to 1337 BC. Found at Tell el-Amarna.

Egyptian pharaohs often communicated via letter with the rulers of other nations. Cuneiform was used, which was the "linga franca" of the ancient world. Here, the Babylonian king Burra-Buriyash complains to Pharaoah Akhenaten that the pharaoh has sent him gifts inferior to those given to pharaoh.
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Author Tim Evanson from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

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