The map shows the ancient land of Mesopotamia, which means land between the rivers, and it is an area of the now Middle East, which, at the time, our ancestors, thought was the whole known world then.
On the tablet, Mesopotamia is surrounded by a double circle that is labeled the "Bitter River." At the time of creation, this was considered the boundary of the known world. Within Mesopotamia, clear ...
The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...
MESOPOTAMIA — The 100-year-old Mesopotamia Elementary School has a new $1.85 million addition that will provide a multipurpose room for various school events. A dedication was held recently for ...
Not only is Griffin's replacement, Doc Rivers, not off to a quick start in his first full season with the team, he's off to such a slow start that he's already making a change to his starting lineup.
The earliest known writing system, called cuneiform, was invented around 3100 B.C.E. in Mesopotamia. Before cuneiform, however, humans used a simpler writing system called proto-cuneiform that ...