Hotter temperatures and a series of droughts in what is now Pakistan and India fragmented one of the world’s major early civilisations, providing a "warning shot" for today ...

Power in the ancient world never stayed calm for long. One empire surged, another strained, and rulers kept testing limits ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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