In one sense, this is a global history, ambitious in scope, taking us from the urbanization of the early ... The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History, Selena Wisnom ...

Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium ... By the Bronze Age, gods took on the role ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia, shedding more light on the rise of farming in the region. Researchers, led by ...

Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban ... of social authority and justice as urbanization transformed the natural ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research ...

Credit: Discovering Mesopotamia. Archaeologist and scholar ... gods took on the role of patrons of social authority and justice as urbanization transformed the natural environment.

The Impact of Urbanization on Pottery Production “At the beginning of the Early Bronze Age, some of the world’s first city-kingdoms arose in the Levant and Mesopotamia,” says Dr. Sanders. “We wanted ...

The 8th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference will bring together academics and development practitioners to present and discuss questions relating to urban expansion and the future ...