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The sinews of war: ancient catapults [PDF]

, 2004
Although they were probably already used in ancient Mesopotamia, catapults became increasingly common in the Mediterranean area from the 4th century B.C.
Cuomo, Serafina
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Irrigation System in Ancient Mesopotamia [PDF]

Athens Journal of History
Hunter-gatherer groups first began agriculture in Mesopotamia more than 12000 years ago. Over time, these groups learned how to plant crops in Mesopotamia to produce their own food. Each year, the floods of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates brought silt to
Dilman Mohammed Sabir
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The sky from the high terrace. study on the orientation of the Ziqqurat in Ancient Mesopotamia [PDF]

, 2016
The ziqqurat is the symbol of the Mesopotamian sacred architecture in the western thought. This monument, standardized at the end of the III millennium BC by the kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur, has changed during the history of Mesopotamia its shape ...
NADALI, Davide, Polcaro, Andrea
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Discovery and Domestication of New Fruit Trees in the 21st Century

Plants, 2022
The exploration and use of wild plant resources goes back to our rooted history of human civilization over about 20,000 years ago, before Ancient Mesopotamia in the Valley of the Tigris and Euphrates where barley, lentil and wheat were first domesticated
Hongwen Huang
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An overview of Mesopotamian bronze metallurgy during the 3rd millennium BC [PDF]

, 2005
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ADAMS, F, Adriaens, Mieke, DE RYCK, I
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Of highland-lowland borderlands: local societies and foreign power in the Zagros-Mesopotamian interface [PDF]

, 2016
Narratives of civilization are spun from the juxtaposition of a civilized self with that of a barbarous other. Such an opposition is never more easily constructed than from the distinctiveness of lowland and mountain topographies, environments, and life ...
Casana, Jesse, Glatz, Claudia
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“Ho paura di essere consegnata in dono!” Aspetti della schiavitù femminile nell’antica Mesopotamia

Storia delle Donne, 2009
Freedom in Ancient Near East was a relative, not an absolute state, as the ambiguity of the term for “slave” in all the region’s languages illustrates.
Maria Vittoria Tonietti
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Créatures composites en Mésopotamie

Kentron, 2003
In the art and literature of ancient Mesopotamia, many hybrid beings can be found and possibly classified according to morphological criteria (the nature of the elements used in the composition, the process of the composition),
Christine Dumas-Reungoat
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Historical geography of the city Amed and its place in the relations of Iran and Rome in the Sassanid era [PDF]

پژوهش‌های تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2018
The ancient writers, as well as new historical research of ancient, historical geography and the urban structure and urban areas and cities of the ancient reigns do not give much information about the cities .
parviz hossein talayee
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Tracing Archaeological Places via the Context of Paleo Geomorphic Footprints Using SAR/InSAR Data Fusion: A Case on Southern Mesopotamia

Remote Sensing, 2023
Since the deployment of EO resources into orbit, archaeological surveys have made extensive use of space imaging. In particular, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) data have often proved useful in many ...
Jungrack Kim
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