Encyclopaedia of the Orient

The Mesopotamia climate is an interesting, as well as crucial, facet of Ancient Mesopotamian history. Ancient Mesopotamia is one of the earliest and most...

The royal library of Ashurbanipal housed the knowledge of the ancient world more than a thousand years prior to the founding of the world-famous...

The Apkallu, whose nature and origin remain unclear, is often referred to in the clay tablets inscribed in the cuneiform script of ancient Mesopotamia....

Abzu god was an ancient Mesopotamian water deity worshiped in Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria. Abzu — also known as Apsu and Absu — initially...

Nabu was the Babylonian wisdom and writing god, as well as the second most important deity in Babylonian mythology. Unfortunately, we lack evidence of...

Dumuzid, the god of shepherds and the husband of Inanna, was worshiped by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Assyrians thousands of years before the...

Carthaginian generals were fierce military leaders in the ancient world who led Carthage during its shift from a small trade city to one of...

Babylonian women and Sumer women had vital and specific roles in ancient Mesopotamia. From sex workers to homemakers to being divine fill-ins possessed by...

The Egyptian lifestyle that is shown in movies nowadays is not what it was at all compared with the daily life in ancient Egypt...

Great nations are made by great rulers, and ancient Egypt was built by the wisdom and courage of famous pharaohs through their distinct approach...