A s the inhabitants of an ancient Middle Eastern city now called Tall el-Hammam went about their daily business one day about ...
Once experts interpret the tablets, more information about the city — including literacy ... because one thing that historians of the ancient Middle East know well is that certain kinds of ...
the ancient trade route that connected China with Europe, the Middle East, and beyond. As the capital of several influential dynasties, the city was a hub for trade, culture, and innovation.
A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome ... First developed in Sumer, an ancient Mesopotamian ...