Ancient Near East is the birthplace of agriculture ... Many of their significant cities were located in the vicinity of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. The palaces in their respective capitals were ...

Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

Luckily, lots of rain does fall upstream, near the sources of the river. Every year, a very heavy rainfall in the East caused the river levels to rise downstream. In Ancient Egyptian times ...

Ancient Near East studies examines the history, languages and cultures of the Near East from the beginning of recorded history to the Roman times (approximately from 3000 BCE to 200 CE). Even though ...