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

Drawing on primary sources and guiding us through the many cultural, political, social, and religious changes of Mesopotamian history, Kriwaczek, head of central Asian affairs for the BBC World ...

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

The emergence of large, organized armies marks one of the most significant shifts in the history of warfare, especially in ...

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.

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

“Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks: Highlights from the Yale Babylonian Collection,” at the Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, is a fascinating example of the latter.