A 360-day Sumerian calendar did not correspond in any way to astronomical ... Goetzmann does not ignore the dark side of finance, including financial crises in ancient Rome (33 CE) and the more ...

Hello Future people of the UK! Would you like to visit me at the dawn of civilization in Ancient Sumer? Well, to do that you’ve got to travel back way back in time. Back before the Vikings ...

Ancient Mesopotamia, centered in present-day Iraq, occupies a unique place in the history of human culture. It is there, around 3400–3000 BC, that all the key elements of urban civilization first ...