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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

After a long time, we return to Eastern Europe to delve into one of the largest and most historically challenged countries in the region,Ukraine. Despite the hardships and struggles it has endured ...

Whilst the island of Crete may be a huge tourist destination, there’s so much more here than you might expect. The ancient city of Knossos was the place that ‘gave birth’ to the very first ...

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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 ...

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 ...

As the administration and American media celebrated the seizing and liberation of Baghdad, looters ransacked and pillaged Baghdad's government and cultural buildings, including the National Museum of ...

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.