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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia — from the Greek “Between Rivers” — is a region within the Tigris-Euphrates river system. The Tigris River and Euphrates River run from the highlands of Mesopotamia in the north (the Anatolian Plateau) southwards across the Middle East to […]

Homo Sapiens

H. sapiens males weighed 65 kg (143 lb) and were 1.7 m (5’7″) tall, on average. Females were 54 kg (119 lb) and 1.6 m (5’3″). [1] Homo sapiens had larger brains and used more complex tools than earlier humans. […]

Shatapatha Brahamana

The Shatapatha Brahmana is a commentary on the… Based on a linguistic analysis of the Vedic Sanskrit used in the surviving version of the Shatapatha Brahmana it is dated to between about 700-500 BCE, depending on the scholar. [7] However, […]

The Vedas

As the Vedas are considered shruti (divinely revealed knowledge) the literal sounds of the Sanskrit chants are believed to be primordial sounds of creation. [8] Great importance was placed on the actual chanting of the scriptures themselves, the cadence and […]

Japanese Torpedo Boat

The Japanese Torpedo Boat was a feared warship of the Japanese military, the Imperial Japanese Army specifically. Types of Japanese Torpedo Boat Kotaka (小鷹, “Little Falcon”, 1885–1927) The Kotaka (小鷹, “Little Falcon”) was a torpedo boat of the Imperial Japanese […]

The Near East During The Bronze Age

The Near East During The Bronze Age is an extensive period of a panoply of pivotal innovations within human culture. Bronze Age Near East The Late Bronze Age Economy and Commerce At the ancient city of Alalah (in a region […]

Alalah (Ancient City, Turkey)

Alalah was an ancient city of Turkey, whose foundations go reach back to around 2000 BCE, roughly into the first millennium of Ancient History. This ancient city was a center of commerce, existing on a significant trade route of the […]

Goahti

A goahti is a tent made by the Sami people native to northern Europe. It is called by many names, depending mostly on the language. Goahti (Northern Sami), goahte (Lule Sámi), gåhte (Pite Sámi), gåhtie (Ume Sámi) or gåetie (Southern […]

Dawn of History

The Dawn of History is the birth of writing — the first time that human beings had developed enough socially to invent, and use, writing (which they did in Mesopotamia at Sumer before 3000 BCE) — an is the literal […]

Mesopotamian Prehistory

Mesopotamian Prehistory is the period in Mesopotamia that ends with the invention of writing (at the hands of the Sumerians) all the way back to the Arrival of the First Humans In Asia. Anatomically-modern humans first left Africa (permanently) probably […]