Appendices: I. Recent explorations in Turkestan in their relation to the Sumerian problem. II. A chronological list of the kings and rulers of Sumer and Akkad.

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On October 4th, 539 BC, the Persian Army entered the city of Babylon, which was then the capital of the Babylonian state (in central Iraq). This was a bloodless campaign and no prisoners were taken.

Why were Clean Slates so important to Bronze Age societies? From the third millennium in Mesopotamia, people were aware that debt pressures, if left to accumulate unchecked, would distort normal ...

“I am Cyrus, king of the universe, the great king, the powerful king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters of the world....” So says the wedge-shaped cuneiform script on ...

Until the discovery and decipherment of Akkadian and Sumerian cuneiform texts and inscriptions in the 19 th century, Babylon was known to the Western World mainly through Greek sources and the Bible.

After war and insurgency kept them away from Iraq for decades, European archaeologists are making an enthusiastic return in search of millennia old cultural treasures. "Come and see!" shouted an ...

EXCAVATIONS AT TEL-EL-OBEID.—Remarkable discoveries made by the joint expedition of the British Museum and the University Museum of Philadelphia at Tel-el-Obeid, a site about four and a half miles ...

Nasiriyah (Iraq) (AFP) – After war and insurgency kept them away from Iraq for decades, European archaeologists are making an enthusiastic return in search of millennia-old cultural treasures. "Come ...

NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) — After war and insurgency kept them away from Iraq for decades, European archaeologists are making an enthusiastic return in search of millennia-old cultural treasures. “Come ...