2 days ago · The Uruk period culture exported by Sumerian traders and colonists influenced all surrounding peoples, who gradually evolved their own comparable, competing economies and …

3 days ago · Although the dead were buried in Mesopotamia, no attempts were made to preserve their bodies. According to Mesopotamian mythology, the gods had made humans of clay, but to the clay …

5 days ago · Professor Castor provides a comprehensive overview the various civilizations who lived in Mesopotamia through to the Parthians. Her history is not simply political, but contains some …

3 days ago · Ancient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now western Iraq and eastern Syria, is considered to be the cradle of civilization—home of the …

2 days ago · Mesopotamia is one of the most historically influential civilizations in ancient history. At its time of existence, Mesopotamia held several of the most developed and complex regions.

1 day ago · The Weld-Blundell Prism or Sumerian Ki... The Sumerian King List is an important chronographic document from ancient Mesopotamia. It lists a l...

2 days ago · Under the Seleucid Empire, which controlled Mesopotamia from the late 4th to mid-2nd century BC, Assyrian sites such as Assur, Nimrud and Nineveh were resettled and a large number of …