In the spring the green is soon parched out of existence. In this way the northern district of Mesopotamia combines strong contrasts, and is a connecting link between the mountain region of western Asia and the desert of Arabia. On the other hand the country to the south of Mesopotamia, or...
Two myths in particular, Inanna and the God of Wisdom and Inanna’s Descent to the Netherworld, demonstrate Inanna’s hunger for power in every area of her existence, and how far she’s willing to go to obtain it, regardless of what or whom is standing in her way. In Inanna and the...
People in the western world today cannot imagine a life outside of the capitalist societies in which they live. Nor do they take into account the novelty of this subsistence. Considering the 200,000 years of our modern human existence, the way we live today is incredibly unique. Even our ...
One of the world's foremost experts on Assyriology, Jean Bottro has studied the religion of ancient Mesopotamia for more than fifty years. Building on these many years of research, Bottro here presents the definitive account of one of th... ...
The chariot was the first means of personal transportation, and has been used for years in warfare, sport, and for general use. The structure of the earliest chariots was from light wood with a bentwood rim. The first chariot appeared around 3200 BC in Mesopotamia and was adopted by almost...
a region of SW Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: site of several ancient civilizations Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page...
since -9000. Then, around -7000, pottery made its first appearance. Clear signs of earlydomestication of animals and plantsalso appear: first appearance of agriculture around -10,000 in Egypt, then -8000 in Sumer where the use of brick for the first time demonstrates existence of village ...
Ur-Nammu laid the foundations of the Third Dynasty of Ur. One of his major accomplishments was the strengthening of the infrastructure, roads, and architecture of Kish, Nippur, Umma, and Adab. He is remembered for his legal code, the Code of Ur-Nammu, which is still in existence today....
Mind. It understands the essence of things to be absolute and fixed, independent of their contexts. English doesn't cherish the etymological origins of words, and has no native sense of family and the interconnectedness of identities, and emphasizes absolute existence rather than relative existence....
The first settlement between 4500 and 4000 BCE in Sumer was by a non-Semitic people who spoke their own language. These people migrated from the village called “Al-Ubaid”, where their first existence was discovered. Today, commonly known as proto-Euphrateans or Ubaidians were the people ...