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Literate Babylonians Cuneiform Tablet One of the conceits of much scholarly literature concerning the ancient peoples of Iraq was ...

Innkeeper Hittite relief of the Goddess KuBuba Sometimes history throws you a loop that is tantalizing but also annoying in its brevity and...

Ur- Nammu and his Laws Seal of Ur- Nammu receiving official while enthroned C. 2100 B.C.E., Ur- Nammu , the King of Ur in modern day sout...

A Note on Zero Part I Zero One of the most important intellectual feats of all time was the invention of the Zero. Now “0” is what enabled ...

Sargon the Great Bronze head of a Akkadian King possibly Sargon 1. Sargon, the mighty king, king of Akkadê am I, 2. My mother was ...

The Crisis or The End of the Bronze Age Part II In Part I I looked at the causes of the crisis at the end of the Bronze Age, (1200-900 B.C.E...