One of the pedestals explains Syria’s claim to be the “Cradle of Civilization,” and home to several different civilizations. In addition, ...

By Julie Crea Dunbar (Geog'93) (ABC-CLIO, 360 pages; 2022) Buy the Book . From the early civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia to our present-day globalized society, readers will learn how humans ...

This is the traditional Western and Middle Eastern “Cradle of Civilization." It includes the Fertile Crescent, with the Nile River valley to the west and extending east down the Tigris and ...

Where is the motherland of civilization? Prehistorians generally locate it in Mesopotamia, ... Science: Civilization’s Cradle. 1 minute read. TIME. March 23, 1959 12:00 AM GMT-5.

The ancient city of Knossos was the place that ‘gave birth’ to the very first civilization of Europe – the Minoans. Celestyal’s tour to one of Europe’s most important archaeological treasures opens up ...

Alongside her dock in the sun-baked harbor of Alexandria one day last week lay American Export Lines' S. S. Excalibur, loading to the rattle of donkey engines and the babble of Levantine ...

McCarron’s new book, The Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilization, is the sobering yet often funny and poignant account of their journey. The book is a celebration of Iraq’s ...

In his weekly audience, Pope Francis recalled that “the Mediterranean is the cradle of civilization and a cradle is for life! It is not tolerable that it become a tomb, neither should it be a ...

We must not forget that Iraq is a historical birthplace of civilization. Burial treasures, precious metals and art from over 10,000 archaeological sites in Iraq were stolen from one museum last week.