Article: Mesopotamia

Article: Wild ass of Mesopotamia
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions;      11 words ...Wild ass of Mesopotamia (name for last Umayyad caliph): see UMAYYADS .

Article: Mesopotamia: "the land between the rivers".(Brief Article)
Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication;  January 10, 2003 ;     197 words ......Hussein became Iraq's dictator, the area was part of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is an ancient Greek worg that means the land between...3500 B.C., creating the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia. The Sumerians invented a system of writing in...

Article: The style and development of ancient Egyptian furniture. (part 1)
The Magazine Antiques;  April 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......used by modern carpenters. Before the Early Dynastic Period (3100-2575 B.C.), wood had to...found in the tombs of the kings of the Early Dynastic Period, no doubt because from the earliest...in bovine shapes were often used on Early Dynastic bed-frames. They were connected to...

Article: Simeon of Mesopotamia
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church;      28 words ...Simeon of Mesopotamia (5th cent.), a leader of the Messalians , sometimes identified with the Simeon to whom some MSS attribute the writings of Pseudo-Macarius. See MACARIUS/SIMEON .

Article: Irrigation Systems, Ancient
Water:Science and Issues;      700+ words ......Syria. Irrigation in Egypt and Mesopotamia The first successful efforts to...the flow of water were made in Mesopotamia and Egypt, where the remains of...centuries. The Sumerians in southern Mesopotamia built city walls and temples and...

Article: Mesopotamian Clothing
Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages;      700+ words ...Mesopotamian Clothing The civilizations that developed in Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers between 3000 and...fabric industry existed in the early civilizations of Mesopotamia, which included the Sumerians (3000 – 2000 b...

Article: Ancient Egyptian faience.
The Magazine Antiques;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......From the Late Predynastic Period (31002920 B.C.) into the Early Dynastic Period (First and Second Dynasties; 2920-2649 B.C.) the...soft stone, was carved and glazed blue-green. During the Early Dynastic Period a related material, but more like glass, now called...

Article: Eridu
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      46 words ..., ancient city of Sumer , Mesopotamia, near the Euphrates, S of Ur (in present-day S Iraq). Excavations...revealed that Eridu was the earliest known settlement in S Mesopotamia and dated from c.5000 BC A temple discovered there was probably...

Article: IRAQ - May 1 - Leader Of Al Qaeda Group In Iraq Is Reported Killed.
APS Diplomat Recorder;  May 5, 2007 ;     343 words ......Islamist insurgent group Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, had been killed in an ambush by a rival...killed in fighting between Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia and militias tied to Sunni Arab tribes...region against the wishes of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. Masri, an Egyptian, assumed command...

Article: Mesopotamia Campaign
A Dictionary of World History;      250 words ...Mesopotamia Campaign (World War I) A British military campaign against the Ottoman Turks in Mesopotamia (southern Iraq). In 1913 Britain had acquired the Abadan...October 1914, British and Indian troops occupied Basra in Mesopotamia. They began to advance towards Baghdad, but were halted...

Article: Return to Babylon; travelers, archaeologists, and monuments in Mesopotamia, rev. ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News;  August 1, 2007 ;     96 words ......Return to Babylon; travelers, archaeologists, and monuments in Mesopotamia, rev. ed. Fagan, Brian M. U. Press of Colorado 2007 386 pages...re-issue his 1979 history of archaeological exploration in Mesopotamia, which had long been out of print. He was pleased to discover...

Article: The style and development of ancient Egyptian furniture.(Decoration and Embellishment, part 2)
The Magazine Antiques;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......Another common decorative feature found on furniture of the Early Dynastic Period (3100-2686 B.C.) is strips of thin ivory veneer attached...fragments of furniture and paintings of furniture of the Early Dynastic Period. The bed canopy was covered in thick gold sheet that...

Article: Mesopotamia and the Bible. (Briefly Noted).(Book Review)
Currents in Theology and Mission;  February 1, 2003 ;     147 words ...Mesopotamia and the Bible. Edited by Mark W. Chavalas and K. Lawson...discoveries, primarily textual, of the last two centuries. Mesopotamia is understood broadly and includes portions of Syria that had cultural similarities to the Mesopotamians in antiquity. The articles are provided with voluminous...

Article: Sumer
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      420 words ......designate the southern part of ancient Mesopotamia . From the earliest date of which there is any record, S Mesopotamia was occupied by a people, known as...forming various dynasties. However, Mesopotamia was also the home of a group of people...