Aug 20, 2019 · The works of British historians/archaeologist such as Austen Henry Layard, George Rawlinson, and George Smith, as well as the French campaigns in Egypt and Syria, all seem to have contributed to this idea that Mesopotamia was the "Cradle of Civilization", in other words, the "birthplace" of human civilization.

Dec 14, 2015 · In some places this civilization was able to leave more signs of its existence than in other places. The invention of paper and writing became necessary as the language began failing due to its increasing complexity. This would suggest that Mesopotamia and Egypt were the centers of learning in this civilization.

Jan 2, 2016 · This is not a troll question or some anti-Greek thread, but it just got me thinking. Aren't the Ancient Greeks essentially a middle eastern civilization. Much of their history takes place in the middle east, Ancient Greece has a lot of …

Feb 13, 2012 · This is an arrogant thing to say. You keep assuming that ancient civilization owes everything to Mesopotamia. In your other post, you said that two major civilizations developed in the world: Eurasian civilization (Europe, Middle East, Persia, India, etc) and Chinese civilization.

Aug 5, 2014 · 3. Related to original assumptions (not for discussion please) : IVC was a non horse related Non Sanskrit speaking non vedic civilization doing mainly agriculture and not animal husbandry 4. Yemeni intermediates in trade with Mesopotamia including import of copper ingots and gold 5. The importance of gold and water in life

Oct 16, 2024 · So Egypt was already a civilization before unification. Second, China wasn't unified until the Qin dynasty centuries after Egypt had fallen to the Macedonians. Either way, it wouldn't make sense to claim that civilization depended on a unified state. That's not how any good anthropologist or archaeologist uses the word "civilization."

Jan 11, 2015 · The Sumerian civilization is often called the Sumero-Akkadian, but the Akkadians learnt much from the Sumerians, and we concerned here with origins. There is no intention to disparage the Akkadians, for at later stages they added much …

Oct 19, 2014 · I tend to identify 3 main cradles of civilizations: Mesopotamia [reminding the a "civilization" exists with a writing system, that is to say a method to make a culture survive to generations] for sure. But I would add China and central America [Columbus didn't reach an uncivilized land, but a continent with very ancient and developed ...

Dec 27, 2021 · The same modest density for Abbasid Mesopotamia would imply an urban population of 700,000 in these 3 cities together, which does not sound impossible but still I would expect a larger population in Mesopotamia than 3-4 million if its 3 largest cities had 700,000 inhabitants together, although your estimate of 3.5-4 million is for only lower ...

Nov 15, 2020 · Sumer was called "Ki.en.gir" ["the land of the civilization", in good substance]. Again the Akkad people called it "Sumer" [it's not clear why they did this]. About the origin of the "Sumerians", as for I know there is still room for research, anyway they weren't Semite.