Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia (/ˌmɛsəpəˈteɪmiə/, from the Ancient Greek: Μεσοποταμία "[land] between rivers"; from Ancient Armenian՝ Միջագետք(Mijagetq), Arabic: بلاد الرافدين‎ bilād ar-rāfidayn; Persian: میان‌رودان‎‎ miyān rodān; Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ‎ Beth Nahrain "land of rivers") is a name for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Syria and Kuwait, including regions along the Turkish-Syrian and Iran–Iraq borders.

Widely considered to be the one of the cradles of civilization by the Western world, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires, all native to the territory of modern-day Iraq. In the Iron Age, it was controlled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires.

The indigenous Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history (c. 3100 BC) to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC, when it was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire. It fell to Alexander the Great in 332 BC, and after his death, it became part of the Greek Seleucid Empire.

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Archaeologists Have A Mystery On Their Hands After Discovering Mesopotamian Child Sacrifices In Turkey

Inquisitr 30 Jun 2018

After two 12-year-olds were buried 5,000 years ago, ancient Mesopotamians placed a large quantity of bronze spearheads beside them, along with the bodies of eight children that appear to have been used as sacrifices ... ....

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Ancient Mesopotamia: Ritual Child Sacrifice Uncovered in Bronze Age Turkey

Newsweek 29 Jun 2018

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that at least 11 children and young people were killed as a result of ritualistic sacrifice between 3100 and 2800 B.C.E. Their research was published Wednesday in the journal Antiquity....

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In ancient Mesopotamia, sex among the gods shook heaven and earth

PhysOrg 24 Apr 2018

Sexuality was central to life in ancient Mesopotamia, an area of the Ancient Near East often described as the cradle of western civilisation roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, and parts of Syria, Iran and Turkey. It was not only so for everyday humans but for kings and even deities ... ....

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Driver killed in Mesopotamia logging accident

The Vindicator 24 Apr 2018

MESOPOTAMIA — A truck driver hauling logs was killed about 12.30 p.m....

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Archaeologists Make The Remarkable Discovery Of A 4,000-Year-Old Sumerian Port In Iraq

Inquisitr 23 Mar 2018

The city of Ur was once a massive and thriving urban center in Mesopotamia filled with both mansions and basic houses constructed out of mud plaster and reeds ... ....

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New Fiction: Read 'Mesopotamia' by Amanda Michalopoulou

RTE 15 Jan 2018

Mesopotamia ... It was a part of the park with weeping willows and walnut trees that led straight to Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia means a region between two rivers—and at that spot the Cherwell in fact split into two ... Mesopotamia was a perfect image of their relationship back then ... "Mesopotamia," her younger son replied ... Emi closed her eyes and effortlessly imagined herself back in Mesopotamia....

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UAE ready to rumble against 'Lions of Mesopotamia'

MENA FN 02 Jan 2018

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The UAE will face Iraq in the semifinals of the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup in Kuwait City on Tuesday night. And head coach Alberto Zaccheroni said the 'Whites' ... ....

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4,000-Year-Old Footprint Left Behind In Ur To Feature In Penn Museum’s New Middle East Galleries ...

Inquisitr 22 Dec 2017

Perhaps they were helping to construct a building in what was once a large city in southern Mesopotamia or perhaps they just happened to be gliding by and thought they would permanently leave their mark behind ... ....

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The Archaeologist’s Christmas: The Exciting Trend Of Cuneiform Tablet Cookies For The Holidays

Inquisitr 16 Dec 2017

Cuneiform is the first writing system that was established in Mesopotamia between 3500 and 3000 BC and it is once again exciting both ancient history enthusiasts and ......

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How ISIS Produced Its Cruel Arsenal on an Industrial Scale

New York Times 10 Dec 2017

When the Islamic State seized territory in Iraq and Syria, it had the time and space to industrialize advanced weapons manufacturing. The results included explosive space heaters and chemical rockets ... ....

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4,000-Year-Old Assyrian Clay Tablets Hold Clues To 11 Lost Cities Dating Back To 2000 BC

Inquisitr 16 Nov 2017

Harvard Assyriologist Gojko Barjamovic and his team were the people responsible for the translation of these particular clay tablets, and researchers dedicated themselves to carefully going through 12,000 clay tablets , according to IFLScience ... ....

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photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed

A Sumerian clay tablet is displayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012.

Ancient Clay Tablets Reveal Locations Of Lost Cities Of Assyrian Empire

WorldNews.com 15 Nov 2017

It was recently reported that a 4,000-year-old Assyrian baked clay tablet was likely a marriage contract ... Written in the cuneiform script developed by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia, they are a mishmash of business transactions, accounts, seals, contracts and even marriage certificates.The tablets sound rather uninteresting to the layperson, but not to those with a trained eye ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....

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Deconstructing monochronism in ‘Gods in Color: Polychromy in the Ancient World’

The Daily Californian 30 Oct 2017

Remember the last time you went to a museum or botanical garden? Were there marble sculptures scattered around the galleries or bronze statues as centerpieces for fountains? You could even think about the last time you drove through a neighborhood with homes dramatically adorned with marble lion statues ... In effect, the exhibit deconstructs the myth of monochronism in the ancient works of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome ... 7, 2018 ... ....

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