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Step back in time to explore one of the world’s earliest and most influential civilizations: Ancient Mesopotamia. What was life really like for the Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians? Why ...

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How did ancient Sumer thrive? New research points to natural tidal irrigation! Tides brought water and nutrients to early ...

A newly published study challenges long-held assumptions about the origins of urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, ...