Photograph by Werner Forman, GTRES This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Mesopotamia—“the land between two rivers”—gave birth to ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted ... "The invention of writing marks the transition between prehistory and history, and the findings of this study bridge this ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... paid for by those who can afford it. In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing ...

Dr Evans, a senior lecturer in diaspora history, said antiquities from the British Museum showed how ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and India all adopted the gesture for ...

Better questions, like those raised in [this book], yield better research.' Thomas Burns, Ancient History Bulletin 1. Prelude to the Age of Ancient Empires 2. The rise of the Age of Ancient Empires 3.

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted ... "The invention of writing marks the transition between ...

He provides a fresh, interdisciplinary reading of significant periods in history, showing how global networks have shaped everyday life. Alongside grand architecture, art and literature, these ...