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Mesopotamian clay maps 5,000-year-old rivers

Mesopotamian clay maps, dating back 5,000 years, provide a fascinating glimpse into the ancient world’s perception of geography, particularly its rivers. These clay tablets not only depict the ...
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D-1286: Map of Central Syria and Iraq, including Mesopotamia and Babylonia

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The Encyclopedia Show: Mesopotamia

After a long probation due to a lack of sufficient facts from the previous show, the Institute of Human Knowledge and Hygiene has granted the Encyclopedia Show to return and continue its mission to ...
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Goddesses in context : on divine powers, roles, relationships and gender in Mesopotamian textual and visual sources / Julia M. Asher-Greve, Joan Goodnick Westenholz

Introduction / Julia M. Asher-Greve and Joan Goodnick Westenholz -- Map of Mesopotamia -- Chronological table -- Gender theory and issues. On sexual differences and gender categories ; Changing gender ...
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Assyria: the Root of the West

A 17th-century map of Mesopotamia, which housed the Assyrian empire -- and the beginnings of modern capitalism. Breuning Von Buchenbach Hans Jacob - 1612/Picryl. We think of ancient civilisations as ...