At some point in time, you might have thought of doing something which the coming generations would remember. The same way our ancient civilisations not only did so but also succeeded in their doings. Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia were the birth givers to so many things that are a part of our daily life today. …
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Mesopotamians were very religious kind of people. Owing to their multiple civilizations, they had same deities with different identities and names. For example- Ishtar, the Goddess of Procreation was known as Inanna among the Sumerian people. Similar to her were other goddesses as well. Throwing some light upon the Mesopotamian mythology here is a list …
Epic of Gilgamesh stands out as one of the earliest known writings in the human history. It is an epic poem whose prose narrate the story revolving around the life of a man named Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was the King of Uruk – the majestic Sumerian city that is located in present day Iraq. This historic poetic …
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The cradle of civilization, Mesopotamia, was the birthplace of indispensable inventions and discoveries. It was here that agriculture, a major historical invention, began. Irrigation and farming were convenient in this area because of the fertile land and affluent terrain between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. The invention of agriculture made it possible for humans to …