Mesopotamian civilization

Located in modern day Iraq and Turkey were four pivotal ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations. Learn the origin and mystery of these ancient societies.

The oldest civilization in the world is the ancient Mesopotamian civilization. Mesopotamia dates back to around the 4th millennium BCE, though its beginnings go back even further, to around 4500 BCE. While there have been plenty of older settlements discovered all around the world, Mesopotamia is the oldest of what is truly considered a civilization. In fact, some of the oldest settlements have been found in Mesopotamia itself. Check website for more.

Below are some of the most important ancient Mesopotamian inventions that are still thriving and essential to the world.

Α diagram of Babylon in Nebuchadnezzar’s reign. . By Periklis Deligiannis . Babylon was one of the most splendid and renowned cities in world History, being a real metropolis of the Near East and t…

Lunar eclipses figured prominently in the prognostications of the Babylonian seer. This text was part of the temple ritual. Specific roles and chants are assigned to different types of priests and laypeople. Aromatic woods are to be burned on an altar throughout an eclipse; dirges are to be sung; people are to remove their headgear and cover their heads with their garments, then wail and cry aloud, begging the gods to save them, their cities, and their shrines. The text conceives of an…

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Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and More | Kids Discover | The first civilization developed in Sumer, a marshy area at the southern end of the fertile plain, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Over time, the Sumerians turned their open villages into walled cities. As cities expanded, they became city-states ruled by strong leaders. One such leader, Sargon the Great, from Akkad, conquered all of Mesopotamia and ruled from 2371 to 2316 B.C.

Mesopotamian art and architecture - Akkadian, Reliefs, Temples: Sargon of Akkad’s (reigned c. 2334–c. 2279 bce) unification of the Sumerian city-states and creation of a first Mesopotamian empire profoundly affected the art of his people, as well as their language and political thought. The increasingly large proportion of Semitic elements in the population were in the ascendancy, and their personal loyalty to Sargon and his successors replaced the regional patriotism of the old cities. The…

The Mesopotamian civilization has fascinated people for over centuries.

Write Your Name in Cuneiform In today’s Literacy, we will be looking at Cuneiform, an ancient form of writing from Mesapotamia (now Iraq). You can use this site to write your “Monogram&…