New Research Challenges Long-Held Assumptions About the Origins of Mesopotamian Civilization

New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about how urban civilization first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia, proposing that ...
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“Constitution Day Lecture”: The words that bind the nation

Introduction On Wednesday, Sept. 17, Associate Professor of History Alvis Dunn organized the “Constitution Day Lecture”, with ...
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Israelis are Hailing Trump as Cyrus Returned – but who was Cyrus the Great, anyway?

For this reason, Cyrus became (and remains) a legendary figure in Jewish history, though he was not Jewish himself. He was more likely a devotee of Zoroastrianism, which was fervently embraced by his ...

Was the Garden of Eden a real place? Here’s what archaeologists think.

Biblical archaeologists are using ancient texts and modern technology to uncover possible clues to one of Christianity's ...
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The invention of enterprise : entrepreneurship from ancient Mesopotamia to modern times / edited by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr, & William J. Baumol

Foreword / Carl J. Schramm -- Preface: the entrepreneur in history / William J. Baumol -- Acknowledgments / William J. Baumol and Robert J. Strom -- Introduction: global enterprise and industrial ...