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How Mesopotamia's Social Structure Still Affects Our World Today
Mesopotamian social structure differed from that of the other civilizations that superseded it. Furthermore, unlike the other great civilizations, ...
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Mesopotamia Geography: The Land Between Two Rivers
Believed to be one of the places where the early civilization was born, Mesopotamia geography unveils a glorious era in the development of mankind....
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Ashur: How an Agricultural God Became the Supreme Deity of Assyria
Ashur was a local agricultural deity of the Assyrian city of Assur. Over the centuries he rose to become the supreme deity of the Assyrian empire. ...
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Ramesseum: A Pharaoh’s Temple That Has Defied Time
Many Egyptian pharaohs had built grand monuments, but only a few of them can match the majesty of the Ramesseum. A mortuary temple of Ramses II, th...
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Deir El-Bahri: Uncovering the Secrets of Queen Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple
On the west bank of the Nile, directly across the Karnak Temple Complex at Luxor, lies Deir el-Bahri, a complex of mortuary temples and tombs and t...
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Piankhi: The Great Nubian King Who Conquered Egypt
Piankhi (741–715 BC) was the king of ancient Nubia who initiated the invasion of Lower Egypt and eventually founded the 25th dynasty of Egypt. With...
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The Ottoman Empire: The Sultans of the Middle East
The Ottoman Empire trade routes grew from the narrow streets of Anatolia to the Silk Road. The Ottomans were big on farming and trading, which chan...
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Mentuhotep II: The Impressive King of a United Egypt
Mentuhotep II, also known as Nebrehepetre, was the pharaoh that unified Upper and Lower Egypt, thus leaving an indelible mark in ancient Egyptian h...
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How Long Did the Egyptian Empire Last — Between Excellence and Turmoil
For how long did the Egyptian empire last? From its unification by Menes around 3100 BC until its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 BC, Ancien...
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Why Did Egyptians Mummify Their Dead: Religion and the Afterlife
Ancient Egyptians mummify their dead because they believed the body needed to be preserved in order to be able to enter the Afterlife. The essentia...
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Upper and Lower Egypt: The Tale of Two Powerful Dynasties
The ancient Egyptians themselves cited the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt into a single state at the start of their civilization. While you a...
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Ancient Mesopotamian Foods: The Long Lost Secrets of Ancient Cuisine
Ancient Mesopotamian foods included a wide variety of vegetables, fruit, and meat. The so-called Fertile Crescent — a crescent-shaped region of the...
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