Technology Mesopotamia and the Near East

Mesopotamia and the Near East The Roots of Western European Culture Location of Mesopotamia Meant “Between Two Rivers”: The Tigris and Euphrates Empires: Sumeria followed…

Education Gilgamesh's Search for Meaning

1. GILGAMESH: THE SEARCH FOR MEANING 2. THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH .  In our study this week of gods and the “male divine,” we’ll visit the story of Gilgamesh.  The…

Documents Southern Mesopotamia: Water and the Rise of Urbanism

Dr. Mark Altaweel Institute of Archaeology University College London [email protected] Abstract The region of southern Mesopotamia, in modern southern Iraq, was home to perhaps