Biography
Joshua J. Mark is co-founder and Content Director of World History Encyclopedia. He has lived in Greece and Germany, traveled extensively, especially through Egypt, and presently lives in upstate New York with his dog, Sammie. Mark was a part-time philosophy professor and writing instructor at Marist College, where he received a Faculty of the Year Award and the Special Services Award of Merit, and has also taught history and literature courses at the college level. He has published articles, short fiction, and creative nonfiction through various journals, magazines, and online.
Education
- MA English, SUNY College New Paltz
- BA English/Philosophy, SUNY College New Paltz
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Burial in Ancient Mesopotamia - Respect for the Living, Honoring the Dead
Burial in ancient Mesopotamia was the practice of interring a corpse...
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Love, Sex, & Marriage in Ancient Mesopotamia - Relationships in the Ancient World
Medical texts from ancient Mesopotamia provide prescriptions and...
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Dogs & Their Collars in Ancient Mesopotamia - Man's Best Friend in the Ancient Near East
Among the many contributions to world culture credited to Mesopotamia...
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Women in Ancient Mesopotamia - Celebrating the Feminine Principle in the Near East
The lives of women in ancient Mesopotamia cannot be characterized...
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Truths Wrapped in Fiction: Mesopotamian Naru Literature - Originality in Writing Ancient Bestsellers
Originality in literary compositions in the ancient world did not...
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Ten Ancient Mesopotamia Facts You Need to Know - Fun Facts on the Cradle of Civilization
Mesopotamia is the ancient Greek name (meaning "the land between...
Translations
| English Original | Language | Translation | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augsburg Confession | Portuguese | Confissão de Augsburgo | Filipa Oliveira |
| Cuneiform | Turkish | Çivi Yazısı | Batuhan Aksu |
| Andreas Karlstadt | Portuguese | Andreas Karlstadt | Filipa Oliveira |
| The Ancient City | Dutch | De Stad uit de Oudheid | Menno Kok |
| Truths Wrapped in Fiction: Mesopotamian Naru Literature | Bengali | কথাসাহিত্যে মোড়ানো সত্য: মেসোপটেমিয়ার নারু সাহিত্য | Tuli Banerjee |
| Ancient Greece | Serbian | Стара Грчка | Goran Petrović |
| Enuma Elish - The Babylonian Epic of Creation - Full Text | Persian | اِنوما اِلیش - اسطورۀ بابِلی آفرینش - متن کامل | Nathalie Choubineh |
| Daily Life in Colonial America | Arabic | الحياة اليومية في أمريكا المُستعمرة | Sara Fakhr Al Deen |
| Ancient Persian Culture | Turkish | Antik İran Kültürü | Nizamettin Karaben |
| Xois | Spanish | Xois | Rosa Baranda |
