Mesopotamian civilization

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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…

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

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 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.

LATE URUK PERIOD, CIRCA 3100-3000 B.C.

Babylon God Tammuz holds the pine cone,a symbol of knowledge according to some researchers. It shows up in a lot of images in world mythology. There could be more to discover about this symbol and it's history in antiquity.

Some of the earliest civilizations known to us sat in-between the rivers Tigris (Sumerian Idigna, Akkadian Idiqlat) and Euphrates (Sumerian Buranuna, Akkadian Purattu), an area known by the later...