Sumerian Pantheon: Most Famous Gods and Goddesses
The general view among historians and archeologists is that the Sumerian pantheon is one of the oldest recorded pantheons in human history, and it offers a fascinating glimpse into the...
Category: Ancient Mesopotamia
Whenever the name “Mesopotamia” pops up, many people assume that it was this giant and unified empire that gave us civilized ways of doing things. Yes, Mesopotamia did usher the world into a civilized era. However, ancient Mesopotamia was far from being a single unified empire. It was a geographic region where most of the world’s ancient civilizations sprung out.
The Mesopotamians started off as a thriving group of people. They settled on a large and dry region where two great rivers, the Euphrates and Tigris, meanders through. As a result of this, their lands got fertile; and soon, the settlements grew bigger to form city-states. These cities, in turn, formed multiple empires. Most famous among them were the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and the Persians.
Out of those empires came equally great leaders and kings such as Gilgamesh, Hammurabi, Sargon, Darius I, and Xerxes.
Our world as we know it today is a huge beneficiary of Mesopotamian inventions and ideas.
The following posts comprehensively paints a picture of what it was like to live in ancient Mesopotamia from the year 5500 BCE to 7 CE. We explore a plethora of cultural, social, political, religious, economic and geographic conditions that made Mesopotamia become the birthplace of human’s civilization.
Rise and Fall of Sumer, the first-known empire in world history
Located in the fertile crescent between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers of Lower Mesopotamia, Sumer is regarded as the “Cradle of Civilization.” Its people, the Sumerians, were known for their...
Semiramis (Sammu-Ramat): Woman Ruler of Assyria
There weren’t that many female rulers in ancient Mesopotamia. However, the few that did rule the empire certainly made an impact on world history. One such powerful woman was Sammu-Ramat,...
Enheduanna – the world’s first known author
Of all the incredible individuals to emerge out of the Akkadian Empire, Enheduanna must surely be one of the most influential. The extant archeological records show that Enheduanna was a...
Sargon the Great: History, Facts & Achievements
Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great, was arguably the greatest conqueror in Babylonian history. With his reign lasting from around 2335 to 2280 BC, he is most...
