Near East

Clay tokens

Originally discovered in the ancient Mesopotamian city of Uruk, clay tokens and their accessory, the [...]

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia was the cradle of civilization due to fertile soil, riverine trade and a hospitable [...]

Mesopotamian art

A ruler's claim to divinity can be expressed in three ways: his name may be [...]

Mesopotamian developments

Halaf Society Art & ArchitecturePottery decoration: frontal bucrania; walking horned animals; schematic humans; rosettes and [...]

Mesopotamian literature

The bulk of discovered Mesopotamian literature comes from the Old Babylonian period, and much of [...]

Mesopotamian stamps and seals

Seals were oftentimes passed on as heirloom items making them difficult for dating. Uruk Epoch [...]

Mesopotamian women

Women were economically dependent on men (Leick 2007, p 173). Women in domestic households were [...]

اللبن Libn (mud brick)

To distinguish this type of mud brick from others (such as adobe) the Arabic word [...]

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