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Sumer is the accepted birthplace of civilisation, and the Sumerians are believed to have come from a land called Dilmun, which is generally held to be modern-day Bahrain.

Hunters/gatherers became farmers, and farmers became lawmakers and artisans, who transformed scattered villages into civilized cities.

By 3,000 B.C.E., population growth had led to the rise of City-States and small kingdoms that were united in a network of trade stretching from the Indus to the Nile.

Recorded in a document known as the Sumerian King List, the Sumerians had a detailed knowledge of the connection between divine rule and the rule of kings.

The archetypal tale of adventure and strife known as the Epic of Gilgamesh has long been acknowledged as the greatest literary work of the Ancient Near East.

Approaching the height of its power, Sumer was a confederacy (loose union) of city-states, often with one dominating at a given period of time until the rise of Akkad.

The image of the king as a shepherd tending to the needs of his people dates back to the dawn of civilization, and this metaphor reveals a complex political worldview.

At some point, between 2000 and 1800 BCE a man named Abram left his home in the city of Ur and headed north in search of a better life.

The tale of King Etana of Kish from ancient Iraq, who flew to heaven on an eagle, was about a ruler who would go to any lengths to produce an heir.

As well as passing down to us, the wheel, glass, the art of building etc. The Sumerians also passed down the concept of God.

The Early Dynastic Period, spanning from 2900-2450 B.C.E., is the era when historical evidence first becomes available to shed light on the institution of early kingship.

The Sumerians were the earliest known group of people to inhabit the Middle Eastern region known as Mesopotamia.

Sumerians lived a life typical of most ancient civilization, a life which was simplified with the onset of numerous innovations like pottery, the wheel, and metallurgy.

The Early Bronze Age city-state of Ur enjoyed great wealth and power as a trading center and it used this might to gain political control over its neighbors.

It has been argued that beer, not bread, was the real reason early humans decided to form settlements.

Pictorial symbols, used for religious purposes, would become phonetic characters out of necessity for something simpler, leading to the first written language, and epic

A Semite from the city-state of Akkad, Sargon would create an empire that would change the political and cultural identity of Sumer.

Since recorded history in Mesopotamia and Persia, the veil was a sign of nobility and seclusion for respectable and noble women.

From Mesopotamia comes this ancient Sumerian myth telling the story of Inanna, queen and sister of Gilgamesh, who travels to the underworld passing through seven gates.

According to ancient Sumerian texts and an old Egyptian tomb in Sakkara, it can be safely said that same-sex love was something accepted in ancient civilizations.

Three years after the looting of the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad, the FBI has little to show on their website.

The Biblical city of Ur of the Chaldees, the modern Tell Muqayyar, and the Tallil airbase are to be found in Iraq, between Baghdad and the head of the Persian Gulf

As the end of the Maya calendar nears, rumors and conspiracies abound, including a rare galactic alignment and the collision of earth by the planet Nibiru.

For photo enthusiasts wide format photo printers are a necessity. Wide format printers are more expensive than their smaller siblings and provide many more features.

King Hammurabi of Babylonia developed a stern set of laws for his people to abide by, as a means of appeasing his gods.

The use of aromatic herbs and plants were a part of daily life in ancient cultures. They were used in cooking, medicine, bathing rituals and spiritual ceremonies.

Sumerians, Babylonians, Greeks, and possibly ancient Hindus told deluge stories that predate the Biblical account.

As trade flowed northward from Mesopotamia, urban centers and regional identities in Syria and Anatolia grew to form societies that linked Asia to Africa and Europe.

One of the world's first great military powers, the Assyrians used their aggressive power and cunning to build their empire to heights never seen before.

If you were to reread the Bible you would find fascinating information about goddesses. But it also records their subdugation. Lilith is one example of this.

Momentous archaeological discoveries reveal the existence of unknown lost ancient civilizations which preceded the Thracian culture.

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The destruction of the marshlands in Iraq threatens to annihilate the remnants of the ancient Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations of Iraq.

Medieval people struggled with lies and truth, as do modern people, but in their courts they could always stoke the fire, fill the cauldron-and let God sort it out.