Mesopotamia, a region that includes all of modern-day Iraq as well as parts of Syria, Turkey and Iran, formed a significant part of the Fertile Crescent. Located between the Tigris and Euphrates ...
This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...
Raign, Kathryn R. 2019. Finding Our Missing Pieces—Women Technical Writers in Ancient Mesopotamia. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Vol. 49, Issue. 3 ...
This chapter focuses on the earliest historical records documenting the rise of kingdoms in early Mesopotamia and their relationship with violence and warfare. It argues that a rhetoric of ...
Why did this happen? Trade was very important for the Indus civilisation. Their main trade partner was Mesopotamia, which was an advanced civilisation in the Middle East. Around the time the Indus ...
After decades of inaccessibility due to unrest and wars, teams of archaeologists from around the globe return to the greatest sites in Mesopotamia in a bid to save what can still be saved.
Magnificent civilizations have scattered all around the Basin, from east to west, from north to south, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, from Anatolia, Troy to Macedonia, from the Greek city states to ...
Virtuoso novelist Elif Shafak has received praise for her new novel. (Image / Supplied) British Turkish novelist Elif Shafak is justifiably one of the most beloved writers in the world. This is ...
What was the Ancient Sumer civilisation? Ancient Sumer was in the southern part of a place called Mesopotamia. Learn about what life was like in this civilisation. When was Ancient Sumer?