Fertile Crescent

Abstract Located in southern Siberia, just 20 miles north of Mongolia you can find one of Russia’s most mysterious archaeological sites. Por-Bajin, also known as “clay house” in the Tuvan language, is the name of the site, and it is located on a small island in lake Tere-Khol. Although there has been archeological work done at the site, the purpose of Por-Bajin remains unknown. We believe that uncovering the true purpose of this site will give the world a greater understanding of history in…

The Epic Of Gilgamesh is the first known writing. Humans early civilization was Mesopotamia ("between the rivers"), a collection of city-states in and around the Tigris and Euphrates fertile river valley (modern Iraq). The very first Mesopotamian empire was Sumer (2200 B.C.E) and the first city Uruk. Gilgamesh is the greatest surviving epic poem (long narrative poem) of Mesopotamian literature. The author is unknown because the story was passed on orally for generations before it was "fixed" and…

What makes the story of Noah so captivating? Possibly the perspective of a widespread flood, or maybe that the story is considered unique to the Old Testament. However, what if I told you that the story of a global flood is not unique to the Old Testament, but it is in fact a story told in many different cultures. This is the case with the Old Testament, and the ancient Mesopotamian story the Epic of Gilgamesh. Although the two stories share many similarities, the flood stories in both piece of…

The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest written story in human history that has survived since the third millennium BCE. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian poem of telling a story about the epic adventures of a man named Gilgamesh, who is the King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu. The word meaning of Mesopotamia means the “land between the rivers” in ancient Greek language and the location of Mesopotamia is land near between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers which in present-day are…

Hezekiah’s Tunnel is also referred to as the Siloam Tunnel, a conduit for water supply that is a part of Jerusalem’s water system, it is said to be about 1750 feet long and runs under the City of David connecting Gihon’s Spring with the Siloam Pool. It is believed the tunnel was dug during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah in preparation for the attack from Sennacherib according to 2 Chronicles 32:2-4 and 2 Kings 20:20. According to Avraham Faust, A Note on Hezekiah’s Tunnel and the Siloam…

Over the course of history, a number of items have impacted society. The economical development and growth of society has been influenced by several things. Agriculture and trade has had a tremendous impact on the economic development and growth of society. One such area that has been impacted is that of Mesopotamia, which is Greek for land between rivers. This is now modern day Iraq. The civilizations that make up the Mesopotamia are the Upbraid, Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian and…

Epic of Gilgamesh Mesopotamia is the land between Tigris River and Euphrates River where the Sumerians first settled in 3500 BCE. Polytheism is the belief of more than one god. The Sumerians worshiped more than one god such as Shamash the god of the glorious sun, Adad the god of the storm, and Ishtar the mother goddess who oversee fertility, love, the hunt, war and marriage. Cuneiform is the first written language on clay tablets and the ancestor of all Western written languages. Epic of…

Nebunchadnezzar’s Cylinder in History Amongst the various intriguing and interesting personalities of the prehistoric past, the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar has firmly cemented himself as a character who had a highly perceptible contribution to human history, and is even regarded by some as “The greatest King of Ancient Babylon” (Stokstad 44). His story begins as the son of a successful military general who successfully toppled the Assyrian government, (“Nebuchadnezzar II…

Humans were believed to be nomadic in the past. Their primary source of living was hunting and gathering so they had no permanent settlement. Though the reason was not very clear, humans eventually developed agrarian societies. People learned to cultivate lands and agriculture became their source of livelihood. This led to the development of technology in producing food. Eventually, they decided that some humans could work as farmers while others focused on other jobs like constructing…

The first part of the book deals with Ebla and the Early Dynastic (ED) period in Mesopotamia. At this time period they saw the first empires in the ancient Near East, and Ebla was usefully founded between coastal Syria and northern Mesopotamian cities. Exploiting on this location, rulers of Ebla created pacts with neighboring towns and placed tariffs on goods arriving to the city. Many of the extravagant goods were meant for the royal household; Podany describes the contents and effects of a…