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Sirwan Regional ProjectBeer drinking cups being excavated at Khani Masi. Scientists have long known that beer played an ...

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Mankind has sought civilization since the earliest days of recorded history. However, some kingdoms were the first to start ...

Learn how environmental changes have humbled many of history’s most successful and dominant cultures.

like those of Mesopotamia, where order, wisdom, and agriculture ruled civilization. This sign shares qualities with Nisaba, the Sumerian goddess of knowledge, organization, and writing—always ...

This information comes from data on agricultural land prices and rents published by Eurostat. Among the 22 EU countries with available data, by far the highest average price for 1ha of arable land was ...