Recent events in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey recall ancient and equally dramatic events in Babylon and Mesopotamia, whose lands these countries now occupy. A magnificent storyteller and a careful historian ...

Jack Knudson is an assistant editor for Discover Magazine who writes articles on space, ancient humans, animals, and sustainability, and manages the Planet Earth column of the print issue. View Full ...

Mesopotamia, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now known as Iraq—is often called the cradle of ...

In ancient times, Mesopotamia, meaning 'land between two rivers', was a vast region that lay between the Tigris and Euphrates river systems, and it is where civilization emerged over 7,000 years ago.

The Great Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to the Moon god. Ziggurats were massive structure typical for Mesopotamia. Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of the ziggurats. Woods ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Is your knowledge of the ancient Near East as solid as a cuneiform tablet, or will this "cradle ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Sid Meier's Civilization V: Cradle of Civilization Map Pack - Mesopotamia This is the traditional Western and Middle Eastern “Cradle of Civilization." It ...

A child accused. Everyone left to answer.