Learn how the first civilization in Mesopotamia depended on tides and how it responded when faced with a major environmental ...

Tides, rivers, and shifting coasts shaped Sumer, the world’s first urban society - offering lessons for today’s climate ...

A newly published study in PLOS ONE, Morphodynamic Foundations of Sumer,challenges long-held assumptions about the origins of urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, suggesting that the rise of ...

Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins presents a rich panorama of ancient Mesopotamia's history, from its earliest prehistoric cultures to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE.

In ancient times, Mesopotamia, meaning 'land between two rivers', was a vast region that lay between the Tigris and Euphrates river systems, and it is where civilization emerged over 7,000 years ago.

Discover the top 10 oldest civilizations in the world, including Sumerian, Egyptian, and Indus Valley. Explore their ...

“Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins” features artworks on loan from Musée du Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and Musée Auguste Grasset – Varzy. (Getty ...

Archaeologists have made a startling discovery in Iraq with a potential to rewrite the known human history.Experts have found ...

The abacus is believed to be the first version of a calculator. The abacus, developed by ancient Mesopotamia around 2400 BCE, was the earliest form of calculator we know today.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers ...