Prehistoric Period 5500-3100 BCE Garden of Eden in Mesopotamia c. 4026 BCE Early Dynastic Period 3100-2680 BCE Old Kingdom 2650-2175 BCE Noah and the Flood in Mesopotamia c.2348 BCE First Intermediate Period 2175-1975 BCE Abraham was born in Mesopotamia c. 2055 BCE Image Credit: Thought Co. On the above map, the Fertile Crescent is colored…
Category: Ancient Civilizations
Ancient Civilizations and Empires in Mesopotamia – Early History of the Bible Lands
Most Bible scholars believe that the Garden of Eden was in Mesopotamia –and if that is true, that is where humanity began. Because of that, I’ll call Mesopotamia the Cradle of Civilization. Although humans roamed the earth, hunting and gathering food before the Sumerian Civilization, the Sumerians developed the first civiliztion in Mesopotamia–that was in…
The Ancient Sumerian Civiliation
Image Credit: Thought Co. On the above map, the Fertile Crescent is colored green. For purposes of this post, I’ll be talking about the upper fertile crescent in the area around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The earliest people were hunter-gatherers. They wandered from place to place–to wherever they could find food. ‘The Old Stone…
An Atlas of Lost Kingdoms
written by Emily Hawkins, illustrated by Lauren Mark Baldo Contents Europe Atlantis Camelot My Brasil The Lost City of Ys Yggdrasil Cockaigne The Fortunate Isles: Paradise Islands from Greek Mythology Buyan: Vanishing Island from Slavic Folklore Sholomance Africa Central & South America Australasia & Oceania Lost Continents
What are Equinoxes and Solstices? Ways We Mark the Seasons
The changing of the seasons has fascinated mankind–almost forever. We can gauge the questions on people’s minds by the stories they tell, and people have been telling stories about the seasons for at east thousands of years. The Horae [Detail] – Painted by Edward John Poynter Image Credit: Wikimedia The ancient Greeks were so very…
Ancient Astrologers, Zodiacs & Calendars
The Akkadian Calendar from Ancient Babylon “The Akkadian calendar was organized to follow the order of the zodiacal signs, with the first month, Nisan, corresponding to the first sign. The second month of the Accadian year, Taurus, introduced spring, and would have done so from 4698 B.C. to 2540 B.C. “The Akkadian calendar influenced many other calendars,…
Ancient Civilizations – A List & A Few Facts
The Native Americans “Native Americans are considered an ancient civilization, as archaeological and genetic evidence shows that people have inhabited the Americas for at least 20,000 years, with their ancestors migrating across the Bering Strait land bridge from Asia, establishing diverse cultures across North and South America before European contact. Early arrival: The first Native…