A perfect storm blew silver, the blue metal, up more than gold or copper, both of which rose to new record highs early this ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia, shedding more light on the rise of farming in the region. Researchers, led by geoarchaeologist ...

The irrigation network consists of over 200 primary canals, some of which stretch up to nine kilometers in length and are between two and five meters wide.

Ground-truthing of the remote sensing work: A) drone images show two minor irrigation canals; B & C) photographs of the two small canals. Credit: J. Jotheri et al. The research, conducted by a ...

For over the past century and a half, and most notably over the last seventy years, the world has become increasingly urban, and the peasant way of life – the dominant way of life for humanity ...

A critical analysis of Jean-Pierre Filiu’s in-depth history of Gaza, exploring its role as a geopolitical flashpoint, the roots of its ongoing humanitarian catastrophe, and the triple impasse shaping ...

The complex history of the Kurdish people, from nomadic tribes to modern-day struggles for autonomy and recognition.

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Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in ... series of Harvard-based colloquia to compile an economic history of ...