A-The numbers on pressure-treated wood refer to the levels of preservative treatment and are important because they designate the intended uses of the wood. The numbers commonly used are LP-2, LP-22, 0.25 and 0.40.
Detail of a stone vase from Uruk. In a well-known description of ancient Babylonia, Berossus (or Bel-re'uÅ¡unu, to use his real name) says that. the land lies between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. It produces wild barley, chickpea, and sesame, and even, in its marshlands, edible roots, called gongai. These roots are the equal of barley in nutrition.
However, in southern Mesopotamia (a region corresponding with the old Dynasty of the Sealand), Dynasty V (1025â1004 BC) arose, this was ruled by Simbar-shipak, leader of a Kassite clan, and was in effect a separate state from Babylon.