Women in ancient Mesopotamia: Did you mean...?

This lesson pack on empires and warfare in ancient Mesopotamia includes the following content: Two Lesson Plans - Assyrian & Akkadian Empires - Mesopotamian Warfare Additional Materials - Open Questions / Essay...

This lesson pack on daily life in ancient Mesopotamia includes the following content: Three Lesson Plans - Social Classes - Food, Fashion & Social Events - The Family Unit Additional Materials - Open Questions...

The Story Begins from a Dead End August 25, 2015 was a very hot day of summer but its omen was a very promising one! That day, I was with my friend, Mr. Hashim Hama Abdulla, director of the...

A famous story from Greece relates how a young woman named Agnodice wished to become a doctor in Athens but found this forbidden. In fact, a woman practicing medicine in Athens in the 4th century BCE faced the death...

The polytheistic religion of ancient Mesopotamia was instrumental in shaping its government and held great significance in the lives of its people. Mesopotamian religion revolved around the belief that humans were...

The First World War (1914-18) saw fighting on an unprecedented scale but also involved civilians as never before. For the first time, people hundreds of miles from the fighting front...

The literature of Mesopotamia dates from c. 2600 BCE when scribes began composing original works in the region of Sumer. The Sumerians invented writing c.3600/3500 BCE, but it was then mostly...

This lesson pack on innovations and agriculture in ancient Mesopotamia includes the following content: Two Lesson Plans - The Wheel & Advancements in Agriculture - Cuneiform, Literature & Libraries Additional...

Prostitution in the ancient world usually referred to a classification of women and men who offered their sexual services outside the parameters of law codes for ancient society. The word 'prostitute' derives...

The intoxicant known in English as beer takes its name from the Latin bibere (by way of the German bier), meaning "to drink", and the Spanish word for beer, cerveza, comes from the Latin word...