Why do we still call Mesopotamia the "cradle of civilization"?
Aug 20, 2019 · Why is Mesopotamia often still dubbed "the cradle of civilization", meaning the site where human civilization first emerged and developed? While it was the first region to …
Demography of Ancient Mesopotamia | History Forum
Dec 27, 2021 · When I first looked for the reasons for why Rome never permanently annexed Mesopotamia, I noticed that Maddison's (2010) databaset has population estimates for the …
Sumerians and their appearance - History Forum
Jan 11, 2015 · The Sumerian civilization is often called the Sumero-Akkadian, but the Akkadians learnt much from the Sumerians, and we concerned here with origins. There is no intention to …
Were the ancient Sumerian civilization a race of Semites?
Nov 15, 2020 · Hi guys. We all know that the ancient Sumerians are the cradle of civilization in the ancient Middle East. What I want to ask is what race of people are they? Are they Semites? …
The Indus - Cradle of civilization | History Forum
Dec 24, 2015 · Indus which is mostly in Pakistan is one of world great rivers. It has been the cradle of human civilization contemporary to other great river civilizations like Nile and …
Was Ancient Greece essentially a Middle Eastern civilization?
Jan 2, 2016 · This is not a troll question or some anti-Greek thread, but it just got me thinking. Aren't the Ancient Greeks essentially a middle eastern civilization. Much of their history takes …
Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt - Western Civilization?
Feb 28, 2016 · Yes. The most distant roots of Western civilization are from Southern turkey and the Levant, older societies than Egypt and Mesopotamia. Then after several thousands of …
Were there"City States" in Ancient Egypt? - History Forum
Nov 28, 2016 · In city-state regions like Mesopotamia and Greece, city-states developed in a period of political disunion. To begin with, people in smaller scattered/outlying villages were …
Why didn't older civilizations discover or make use of electricity?
Jul 24, 2019 · Early civilizations such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greco-Roman world, the Islamic world and even in India and China all had some idea of what electricity was, of course not …
Indus Valley Civilization - History Forum
Aug 5, 2014 · Indus Valley Civilization: Warfare, Politics, Rulers, Religion and Philosophy I am setting down below a basic timeline for development of IVC in broad ranges: 10,000 BC End of …