The Ubaid Period existed in both North and South Mesopotamia. In South Mesopotamia, this period existed on the Alluvial plain between 6500 and 3800 BCE. It was later substituted by the Uruk Period. The Ubaid Period existed between 5,300 and 4,300 BCE in northern Mesopotamia. Interesting Facts...
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Mesopotamia, an ancient Greek term meaning “the land between rivers,” or “the land between the two rivers” was the world’s first civilization, where the two rivers mentioned above are the Tigris and the Euphrates. With a very rich history, ancient Mesopotamia is the provenance of civiliza...
Mesopotamia was indeed a place of significant technical and cultural innovation, and also the first civilization to bring us the map. The earliest map was discovered inBabyloniain 2300 BC in mud-tablet form. The map was of the Akkadian area of Mesopotamia in present-day Iraq. These ancient m...
THE PLANETARY GODS OF MESOPOTAMIA The Mesopotamian pantheon is quite tangled because different cul- tures and ages have added to it. E.g. Sumerians honoured ca 1000 gods, about fifty of whom were considered the main gods, and espe- cially important were seven gods – the Great Seven. The...
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2. Their Empire The Sumerian empire extended across much of Mesopotamia, and it was made up of a few different but prominent cities. Some of the most famous are Uruk and Eridu, with Eridu being ancient by the time that Uruk was created. ...
1. I have chosen to discuss the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Both have many significant similarities and differences. I would like to compare some important points in four common categories. I will compare and contrast the geography and its impact, the political structure of each socie...
Top 19 Fascinating Facts about Ancient Sumer Ancient Sumer was located in the southernmost region of Mesopotamia, and the civilization lasted for approximately 1,500 years from 5500 to 4000 BC. Its people were commonly referred to as the “black-headed people.” Sumer was a collection of city-...
1. The Oldest City in the World The Sumerian city of Eridu in Mesopotamia is believed to have been the first urban civilization. The city was established on the Persian Gulf in 5400 BC in southern Mesopotamia, and its citizens embraced all the culture and traditions of the Sumerian way of...