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- rose to prominence above the cities of Mesopotamia. However, Babylonian civilization ... a list of the Seven Wonders of the World in the late second century B.C ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 04:57, 25 June 2024
- Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil, usually ... has identified evidence of irrigation in Mesopotamia and Egypt as far ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 10:15, 30 November 2024
- of the Ancient Near East, located in the southern part of Mesopotamia ... Akkadian word Shumer may represent this name in dialect, but we actually do ...37 KB (5,525 words) - 22:21, 26 February 2023
- of hydrology, or hydrologist, may work in any of several fields: earth ... Hydrological research is useful in that it allows engineers to (a ...17 KB (2,410 words) - 13:58, 28 November 2024
- Enki was a major deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in ... beneficent toward humankind and is portrayed in several myths as risking the ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- Mesopotamia Mezopotamya; Μεσοποταμία Mesopotamíā; بِلَاد ... within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile ...54 KB (7,940 words) - 11:51, 29 April 2025
- creating a reservoir, lake, or impoundment. In Australian and South African ... and before that, from Middle Dutch, as seen in the names of many old ...36 KB (5,567 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- Sāmarrā (Arabic,سامراء) is a town in Iraq that in ancient ... From the time it was built by Caliph Al-Mu'tasim in 836 C.E. ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 02:08, 23 December 2022
- thumb|right|250px|The Pyramid of the Moon in Tenochtitlán, Mexico. Building ... Civilization refers to a complex human society, in which people live ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- within chambers, caves, or caverns. In some areas where the rainfall ... A river may have its source in a spring, lake, from damp, boggy places ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 01:43, 15 December 2022
- of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Tigris ... ecology of the entire upper Persian Gulf, in an area called the Cradle of ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- society, allowing clans and tribes to stay in one location generation after ... to ensure that agricultural methods remain in harmony with the environment. ...39 KB (5,834 words) - 07:54, 18 July 2024
- society, allowing clans and tribes to stay in one location generation after ... to ensure that agricultural methods remain in harmony with the environment. ...27 KB (3,893 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
- River and the Ghaggar River-Hakra River in what is now Pakistan and western ... The Indus civilization peaked around 2500 B.C.E. in the western part ...32 KB (5,016 words) - 17:41, 28 November 2024
- Mitanni (also Mittani or Hanigalbat) was a Hurrian kingdom in northern ... Ancient civilization as it developed in places as far apart as Egypt ...37 KB (5,761 words) - 08:55, 23 January 2025
- economic functions, and social impacts. In addition to the design of new ... supports their physical and mental health, in order for the city to be prosperous. ...40 KB (5,976 words) - 22:28, 13 November 2022
- generally regarded as the longest river in the world and among the most ... Flowing northward from remote sources in the mountains of Ethiopia ...23 KB (3,606 words) - 01:25, 1 July 2025
- Persian Gulf. The capital city, Baghdad, is in the center-east of the country. Iraq was known in ancient times as Mesopotamia, the world's first ...56 KB (8,564 words) - 16:42, 18 November 2025
- including how they will interact with, on or in a proposed construction. Site ... soil as a material for flood control, irrigation purposes, burial sites ...29 KB (4,284 words) - 02:56, 30 November 2022
- to him as "Julian the Faithful," in direct opposition to the pejorative ... had been for more than a century. However, in choosing to resurrect the old ...29 KB (4,353 words) - 18:21, 24 February 2025
