1. Fighting spreads to central Mesopotamia.

2. Babylonia was a state in ancient Mesopotamia

3. Seleucus I Nicator secured Mesopotamia and Syria.

4. An Egyptian sarcophagus in a tomb in Mesopotamia.

5. Akkadian was the major Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia

6. That's right and the power of ancient Mesopotamia [ music ]

7. Akkadian definition is - an extinct Semitic language of ancient Mesopotamia.

8. The capital of ancient Babylonia in Mesopotamia on the Euphrates River

9. The Arameans of old, who were ubiquitous in the northern regions of Syro-Mesopotamia, can thus be regarded as the indigenous inhabitants of Upper Mesopotamia and northeast Syria

10. In the 24th century BC, the Akkadian Empire was founded in Mesopotamia.

11. As they entered Mesopotamia, the Amorites sacked the neo-Sumerian towns

12. The harp was used from early times in Mesopotamia [and] Egypt.”

13. Assyriology is the study of the languages and civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia

14. The Assyrians were one of the major peoples to live in Mesopotamia during ancient times. They lived in northern Mesopotamia near the start of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

15. Greek literature major form - myth(sentencedict .com), circulated a thick Mesopotamia atmosphere.

16. Persian culture by the cultural impact of Mesopotamia, the use of cuneiform.

17. Akkad One of the ancient kingdoms of Mesopotamia, located in northern Babylonia

18. This may be the case with the Copulating couples of ancient Mesopotamia

19. In Mesopotamia, Augury was associated with sacrifice and perhaps developed from it

20. The Akkadians lived in northern Mesopotamia while the Sumerians lived in the south

21. The Babylonian civilization has its roots dating to 4000BCE with the Sumerians in Mesopotamia

22. In 1257, Möngke resolved to establish firm authority over Mesopotamia, Syria, and Iran.

23. Zero travelled from Arabia through Persia and Mesopotamia to Europe during the Crusades.

24. Within a short period of time, the Arabs conquered Mesopotamia, Armenia and Egypt.

25. Ships from the harbour at these ancient port cities established trade with Mesopotamia.

26. Goods including wood, metal, and stone —all sorely lacking in Mesopotamia— transited the city.

27. Chemical traces in the dust allowed the scientists to pinpoint its origins in Mesopotamia.

28. I get to read about mother-in-law jokes from Mesopotamia from 3,500 years ago.

29. Slums or poorer residential and industrial quarters have not been extensively excavated in Mesopotamia.

30. Cultures such as those in Mesopotamia Egypt and Indiadeveloped the process of brewing beer.

31. Assyrian lands referred to the region on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia

32. Mithraic sanctuaries and mausoleums were built in the city of Hatra in upper Mesopotamia.

33. Aramaic was the native-tongue of many Aramean tribes that dwelt between Mesopotamia and Canaan

34. Neolithic cultures are also attested in southeastern Anatolia and northern Mesopotamia by around 8000 BC.

35. This last five fold division is clearly borrowed from ancient Chaldean ideas current in Mesopotamia.

36. Babylonia was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in central-southern Mesopotamia

37. This, in effect, brought to an end three thousand years of self-rule in Mesopotamia.

38. It is almost as old as the oldest writing of all, theearliest cuneiform from Mesopotamia.

39. Similar seals were found in Mesopotamia, which seems to indicate possible trade between these two civilizations.

40. Astragali discovered in Mesopotamia have revealed that the bones were used with gaming boards similar to backgammon

41. In 603 Khosrau defeated and killed the Roman general Germanus in Mesopotamia and laid siege to Dara.

42. Babylon was the name of the capital of Babylonia, one of several city-states in Mesopotamia

43. The Assyrians are the indigenous people of Mesopotamia and have a history spanning over 6700 years

44. The Louvre Museum, in Paris, displays several such “household gods” discovered in various cities of Mesopotamia.

45. Mesopotamia was probably the first region of the world where humans gained mastery over major rivers.

46. They are predominantly Christian and claim heritage from Assyria, originating from 2500 BC in ancient Mesopotamia

47. Nabopolassar, still pinned down in southern Mesopotamia, was not involved in this major breakthrough against Assyria.

48. The first dated lime kiln dates back to 2500 BC and was found in Khafajah, Mesopotamia.

49. In the spring of 578 the war in Mesopotamia resumed with Persian raids on Roman territory.

50. In the densely populated city-states of Mesopotamia, cheese became a staple of culinary and religious life.

51. Akkad (ă`kăd, ä`käd), ancient region of Mesopotamia, occupying the northern part of later Babylonia.The southern part was Sumer Sumer and Sumerian civilizationThe term Sumer is used today to designate the southern part of ancient Mesopotamia

52. Around 1900 BC, another Semitic group, the Amorites gained control of most of the region of Mesopotamia

53. More recently, however, the accumulated evidence has pointed to Mesopotamia as the so-called cradle of civilization.

54. Discussions Concerning camel domestication in Mesopotamia are often related to mentions of camels in the Hebrew Bible

55. Overt Roman–Persian fighting had broken out in the Transcaucasus region and upper Mesopotamia by 526–527.

56. By the twentieth century, it was still active, maintaining a theological school at Nisibis in northern Mesopotamia.

57. For the people of ancient Mesopotamia, the job of a Cupbearer was a rather esteemed and respected one

58. Ancient Assyrians were inhabitants of one the world's earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia, which began to emerge around 3500 B

59. 13 In ancient times, only certain privileged classes, such as the scribes in Mesopotamia and Egypt, were literate.

60. He served in Mesopotamia during the First World War, came home in 1916 to transfer to an infantry regiment.

61. It contains important artifacts from the over 5,000-year-long history of Mesopotamia in 28 galleries and vaults.

62. Ancient Assyrians were inhabitants of one the world's earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia, which began to emerge around 3500 b.c

63. In Egypt and Mesopotamia, this timber was regularly used for the beams and paneling of temples and palaces.

64. Also called Assyro-Babylonian, Akkadian (or Accadian) was current in ancient Mesopotamia (now Iraq) from about 3000 B.C

65. The Assyrians rose to power and prosperity around 12th century BC in Mesopotamia which today consists mainly of modern Iraq.

66. Basra is a port city in the Lower Mesopotamia region of southern Iraq, close to the border with Kuwait

67. Basra is located in the Lower Mesopotamia region of southern Iraq and is the economic capital in the country

68. This system of split monarchy weakened Parthia, allowing Tigranes II of Armenia to annex Parthian territory in western Mesopotamia.

69. Akkad the capital city which gave its name to an ancient kingdom traditionally founded by Sargon in north central Mesopotamia

70. As people migrated from Mesopotamia after the Flood, they carried accounts of the catastrophe to all parts of the earth.

71. Assyriology is the archaeological, historical, and linguistic study of ancient Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq) and the related cultures that used cuneiform writing

72. It comes from petroleum, and it is readily found in Mesopotamia, where it wells up out of the earth and coagulates.

73. Today, the Assyrians are the descendants of the ancient Assyrian Empire and one of the earliest civilizations emerging in Mesopotamia

74. The Epic of Gilgamesh refers to trade with far lands for goods, such as wood, that were scarce in Mesopotamia.

75. This was the first empire in Mesopotamia , and some consider it to be the first true empire in world history.The Akkadian Empire was established by Sargon of Akkad , arguably its most famous ruler, and dominated Mesopotamia from its capital, Akkad.The influence of the Akkadian Empire was …

76. These include structures like the religious ziggurat platforms of Mesopotamia and pictographic signs bearing a strong resemblance to early Mesopotamian forms.

77. The sense of insecurity which affected the city-states of Mesopotamia led to a rudimentary interest in the history of social order.

78. Book your **free** ticket to our annual Egypt and Mesopotamia conference for sixth-formers here: http://tinyurl.com/EgMesConfCambridge Assyriology students a

79. Bullae or clay sealings were used in ancient Mesopotamia, but strictly speaking Bullae came into general use after the end of …

80. The ancient city of Babylon was a prosperous, important city of Mesopotamia from the 18th to 6th century that met its