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  1. Ancient Mesopotamia or Egypt - History Forum

    Dec 14, 2015 · Which civilization contributed more to the world in terms? Also, Mesopotamia did start first, but did Egypt start because of Mesopotamia or did Egypt began as a civilization on it's own? I'm …

  2. Origins of Mesopotamian silt - History Forum

    Apr 3, 2021 · The earliest and thus "original" civilization in Mesopotamia was the Ubaid culture, which was conquered by the Sumerians around 4,000 BCE or a little later. All large cities had been taken …

  3. Demography of Ancient Mesopotamia | History Forum

    Dec 27, 2021 · The situation in northern Mesopotamia was somewhat different, with surveys suggesting population decline in some areas to the west of the Tigris after the Neo-Assyrian period, while …

  4. Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt - Western Civilization?

    Feb 28, 2016 · Yes. The most distant roots of Western civilization are from Southern turkey and the Levant, older societies than Egypt and Mesopotamia. Then after several thousands of years in …

  5. Was Ancient Greece essentially a Middle Eastern civilization?

    Jan 2, 2016 · This is not a troll question or some anti-Greek thread, but it just got me thinking. Aren't the Ancient Greeks essentially a middle eastern civilization. Much of their history takes place in the …

  6. Sumerians and their appearance - History Forum

    Jan 11, 2015 · The Sumerian civilization is often called the Sumero-Akkadian, but the Akkadians learnt much from the Sumerians, and we concerned here with origins. There is no intention to disparage …

  7. IVC: connections with Mesopotamia? | History Forum

    Jun 27, 2017 · Much has been hypothesized concerning possible cultural, commercial and even linguistic contacts between the Indus Valley Civilization and Mesopotamia. What, if any, material or …

  8. City Size in the Ancient World - History Forum

    May 24, 2012 · Thanks to some discussion in another thread, I decided to create a thread only dedicated to the study of city sizes in the ancient world. Let's start from the start: Mesopotamia. The …

  9. Were the ancient Sumerian civilization a race of Semites?

    Nov 15, 2020 · Hi guys. We all know that the ancient Sumerians are the cradle of civilization in the ancient Middle East. What I want to ask is what race of people are they? Are they Semites? Many …

  10. The Hurrians - History Forum

    Jul 17, 2016 · Hurrian civilization The Hurri civilization was established toward the end of the 3rd millennium BC around Eastern Anatolia and ruled by the Mitanni kingdom. The king had an Indian …