By 2500 B.C., these cities were thriving metropoli. 2371 B.C. (2379) Sargon of Akkad rises to power, establishing the first Assyrian kingdom in South Mesopotamia. 2000 B.C. (2750) Assyrian merchant ...

Photograph by Werner Forman, GTRES This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Mesopotamia—“the land between two rivers”—gave birth to ...

In a recent publication by the Swiss Neue Zürcher Zeitung, researchers describe the astonishing remnants of what may have ...

Astronomers have constructed telescopes of every kind - massive observatories designed to pick up faint traces of light ...

One of the most outstanding messengers in ancient history was Euchid, who gained fame for his journey following the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC. It is believed that he covered an impressive distance ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago ... many other scholars of his era are still felt today. Mesopotamia, a ...

This chapter focuses on the earliest historical records documenting the rise of kingdoms in early Mesopotamia and their relationship with violence and warfare. It argues that a rhetoric of ...

The oldest known example of writing comes from Mesopotamia and dates to about ... that hard-working individuals throughout history have always wanted their glass of beer? Well, this most ancient ...

These Trypillia mega-sites, dating back to 4000 BCE, now hold the distinction of being the world’s oldest known urban ...

VEX.2020.1.2) In Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins, the new exhibition at the Getty Villa, the Getty does indeed start at the very beginning. At a place in what we now call Iraq, between the Tigris ...

This is Göbekli Tepe, one of the most important archaeological discoveries in human history. Located in eastern Türkiye's region of ancient Mesopotamia ... place in the timeline of the Neolithic ...

Engineering has been an integral factor throughout history, from the first boats to present day projects to improve renewable energy, and a crucial instrument of change and development. Timelining the ...