The Enuma Elish (or the Tablets of Creation) pertains to a Babylonian creation myth, with much of the text-based evidence being recovered by Austen Henry…
Possibly inhabited continuously from the Chalcolithic to Roman times, the city of Kanesh (or Kaneš) was located in what now constitutes the Kayseri province in…
In many of our previous articles, we have talked at length about the fascinating history behind the world’s oldest known epic work of literature –…
Often considered as the world’s oldest surviving work of epic literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh unsurprisingly mirrors the cultural brilliance of the ancient Mesopotamians. In…
When it comes to the early historical scope of Mesopotamia, there were no singular factions or political entities that ruled the extensive lands between and…
