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 ...

New climate research suggests centuries-long river droughts weakened one of the world’s earliest urban societies — and offers ...

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

Tracing the journey of a river that shaped civilisation and which still holds a severe warning for the future.

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat. Then, a sneeze. Then coughing, sniffling and full-on ...

New findings add weight to the theory that states didn’t just spring up from any kind of farming – it had to be grain.

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Family and Community Medicine, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat.

(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 ...