If we consider Southwestern of Asia, and especially the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) that was part of ancient Mesopotamia, the inception of human overprint on landscapes dates back to 8000 yr BP, when the emergence of the first urban centres settled along watercourses led to the building of...
We estimate, using linkage-disequilibrium decay patterns, that admixture occurred 6,600–3,550 years ago, coinciding with recorded massive population movements in Mesopotamia during the mid-Holocene. We show that present-day Lebanese derive most of their ancestry from a Canaanite-related population, ...
In a subsection "Arabia on the periphery of the great empires" Kung provides a fascinating overview of the geography and history of the Arabian Peninsula, and its location on the periphery of the fertile crescent constituted by the valley of the Nile, the Levant and Mesopotamia. He points out...
Other articles where history of Egypt is discussed: Egypt: History: This section presents the history of Egypt from the Islamic conquests of the 7th century ce until the present day. For a discussion of Egypt’s earlier history, see Egypt, ancient.
If we consider Southwestern of Asia, and especially the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) that was part of ancient Mesopotamia, the inception of human overprint on landscapes dates back to 8000 yr BP, when the emergence of the first urban centres settled along watercourses led to the building of...
By about 8000 years ago, several complex agro-urban cultures with writing, bureaucracies, and religions had developed in Mesopotamia and China. However, in all cases, such cultures relied absolutely on agriculture, which, in turn, was only viable in a relatively stable climate. Although the Holoc...
of gold from riverbeds can be traced back to the Argonautic expedition and the myth of the “Golden Fleece”. In this myth, fine gold particles were believed to be trapped within the skin of the fleece, thus alluding to the early practices of gold recovery from rivers. Since then, gold ...