THE great and inventive people who settled 5,500 years ago in Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates (now part of Iraq), founded one of the world’s first major civilizations.

Sumeria cuts right through the heart of modern-day Iraq, as far south as the Persian Gulf, where it connects to the Indian Ocean. It was one of the first regions where mankind's new itch to control ...

When historians look back into time to name the first civilized people, they usually pick the Sumerians, who built imposing cities, including Abraham’s Ur of the Chaldees, in southern Mesopotamia ...

The Sumerian society was divided into different classes which determined their social status. The highest rank was possessed by the priest-king who was religious as well as political figure. Next to ...

The Epic of Gilgamesh, known as the oldest story in history, is thought to have been written in the early 2nd millennium BC, with the original being even older, in the 4th millennium BC. Journalist ...