This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

Contrary to long-held beliefs that the first cities emerged in Mesopotamia or Central Asia, new evidence suggests that these ancient urban centers may have actually originated in Ukraine.

The effects of such ethnocentric theories on race—about who is “civilized” and who is not—by Breasted and many other scholars of his era are still felt today. Mesopotamia, a region that includes all ...

Why did this happen? Trade was very important for the Indus civilisation. Their main trade partner was Mesopotamia, which was an advanced civilisation in the Middle East. Around the time the Indus ...

What was the Ancient Sumer civilisation? Ancient Sumer was in the southern part of a place called Mesopotamia. Learn about what life was like in this civilisation. When was Ancient Sumer?

Magnificent civilizations have scattered all around the Basin, from east to west, from north to south, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, from Anatolia, Troy to Macedonia, from the Greek city states to ...