The world's first city was built long before the Harappans, and its ruins still stand in a quiet desert far from the usual ...

New research reveals why not just agriculture but also cereal grains were crucial to the formation of humanity’s first states ...

The cultivation of wheat, barley and maize, which are easily stored and taxed, seems to have led to the emergence of large ...

Ancient Tigris River tides, not royal canals, powered early farming and helped spark the first cities in Mesopotamia.

Rivers are vital arteries for our world. They have shaped civilisations throughout history, providing essential water for ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mary J. Scourboutakos, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris ...

More than five thousand years ago, in the fertile lowlands of southern Mesopotamia, the world’s first cities began to rise from the mud. Historians have long credited this explosion of ...

In the lands of ancient Mesopotamia, a team of archaeologists and geologists has accomplished a remarkable feat. They have successfully mapped a large and complex network of irrigation canals ...