Ur mesopotamia

Mesopotamia Social Structure At the top of the pyramid was the priests landowners and government officials. They had luxurious homes that was two stories high. In the middle class were the merchants...

Iraque - Zigurat de Ur

Graphic reconstruction of the Ziggurat of Ur was the first temple that became the model for future ones in Mesopotamia.

Demons are the bitter venom of the gods and many work for the gods to punish and curse the wicked. Many demons prey on man in specific ways. Some attack newborns, some children, some the old and infirm. Some cause madness and illness, some spread darkness. Some come to take your soul screaming to the underworld should it not enter willingly. Enlil mated with his daughter Ereshkigal to produce demons in his role as lord of the underworld. She has a throne carried by 7 vampires and many…

The city of Ur was one of the most important Sumerian city states in ancient Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium BC. One of best preserved and most spectacular remains of this ancient city is the Great Ziggurat of Ur.

On a bit of Rousseauvian nonsense taken up by the modern academy.

Cities have been important centers of human development for around 10,000 years. The model for modern cities began with the most important centers of civilization in the ancient world.

Jean-Claude Golvin is a French architect, archaeologist and former researcher at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research – Bordeaux III Michel de Montaigne University). He is the world’s first specialist in the visual reconstruction of great sites from the Antiquity. He has produced over 1000 drawings of ancient and medieval cities and monuments, most of which are deposited at the Departmental Museum of Ancient Arles – the most active museum in France regarding this period in…

The technological change so far described took place very slowly over a long period of time, in response to only the most basic social needs, the search for food and shelter, and with few social resources available for any activity other than the fulfillment of these needs. About 5,000 years ago, however, a momentous cultural transition began to take place in a few well-favoured geographical situations. It generated new needs and resources and was accompanied by a significant increase in…