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People of Mesopotamia during ancient history. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. A. Akkadian people (1 C, 15 P)
Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. The Civilization of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity.This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writing in the late 4th millennium BC, an increasing amount of historical sources.
After early starts in Jarmo (red dot, c. 7500 BC), the civilization of Mesopotamia in the 7th–5th millennium BC was centered around the Hassuna culture in the north, the Halaf culture in the northwest, the Samarra culture in central Mesopotamia and the Ubaid culture in the southeast, which later expanded to encompass the whole region.
Ancient Mesopotamian people (11 C, 3 P) Arab Christians in Mesopotamia (17 P) H. Mesopotamian Hebrews (1 C, 12 P) I. Iraqi people (32 C, 3 P) S. Mesopotamian saints ...
The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic period until the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, after which the region came to be known as Iraq. This list covers dynasties and monarchs of Mesopotamia up until the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 539 BC, after which native Mesopotamian monarchs never ...
Ancient Mesopotamian people (11 C, 3 P) Ancient Mesopotamia in popular culture (7 C, 11 P) ... Pages in category "Ancient Mesopotamia"
The Samarra culture is a Late Neolithic archaeological culture of northern Mesopotamia, roughly dated to between 5500 and 4800 BCE. It partially overlaps with Hassuna and early Ubaid . Samarran material culture was first recognized during excavations by German Archaeologist Ernst Herzfeld at the site of Samarra .
The names of over 3,000 Mesopotamian deities have been recovered from cuneiform texts. [19] [16] Many of these are from lengthy lists of deities compiled by ancient Mesopotamian scribes. [19] [20] The longest of these lists is a text entitled An = Anum, a Babylonian scholarly work listing the names of over 2,000 deities.