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The Akkadian Empire (/ əˈkeɪdiən /) [2] was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer.
Two of Mesopotamia’s most ancient cities were named after antediluvian patriarchs: Eridu (Eriduk in Sumerian) after Irad (Gen 4:18) and Uruk (Unuk) after Enoch, Irad’s father. Asshur may have been another.
Mesopotamia has been home to many of the oldest major civilizations, entering history from the Early Bronze Age, for which reason it is often called a cradle of civilization. Short outline of Mesopotamia. Area of the Fertile Crescent, circa 7500 BC, with main archaeological sites of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period.
21 cze 2021 · The Great Lakes area was a sort of submerged basin or bowl which gradually became lined with layers of materials, some hard and some soft, but finally, when the whole region was above sea level, a great river system existed. Then came the epoch known as the Pleistocene, the age of great glaciers, and our story begins.
9 wrz 2024 · History of Mesopotamia, the region in southwestern Asia where the world’s earliest civilization developed. Centered between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the region in ancient times was home to several civilizations, including the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Persians.
30 lis 2017 · Mesopotamia was a region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from which human civilization and world‑changing inventions emerged.
Sumer (/ ˈsuːmər /) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
