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Adding to the intrigue, some researchers propose that this lost civilization may predate what we know of Sumer and Babylon altogether. The architectural style at the site does not entirely align with styles known from Sumerian or Akkadian cultures but displays elements similar to those used by the Ubaid culture, which flourished thousands of years earlier. If true, this raises fascinating possibilities about the complexity and sophistication of civilizations that may have thrived long before recorded history.