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With Iraq currently in the world's spotlight, trace its beginnings in Mesopotamia - its name in ancient times. Mesopotamia has been called the 'cradle of civilisation' because agriculture, animal ...
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What Was the Polis?
For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.
Tucked away in southern France, right along the Atlantic coast, is France’s 9th biggest city and the capital of the Nouvelle Aquitaine region. Welcome to Bordeaux! I’ll be honest, here. I love love ...
City life isn't always a walk in the park; unless you're actually walking through a park. It's noisy, crowded, and commutes can be frustrating. If only there was a way to design the perfect city to ...
A horizontal zigzag frieze wraps itself around the Praça do Comércio’s facade. It is intersected with downward-pointing ...
The Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum documents the history and legacy of the ancient Parsi community - a small ethnic group ...
The site presents a comprehensive overview of the evolution of medieval architecture through examples of almost ... Tell Eridu archaeological site form part of the remains of the Sumerian cities and ...
From a stolen portrait of Francis Bacon to encromancy, here's our selection of outstanding shows to see in the UK capital ...
Due to deliberate misrepresentation of facts and false information, White people had deceived many ignorant and learned people as well in the world that they had originated every good thing that ...
After decades of working in parallel worlds of sculpture and fiction, Barbara Chase-Riboud is achieving deserved worldwide ...
Some of these include cuneiform bricks, terracotta pots, coins and other objects sourced from places like Babylon, Mesopotamia ... architecture in Iran. The Alpaiwala Museum, originally founded in ...
It is there, around 3400–3000 BC, that all the key elements of urban civilization first appear in one place: cities with ... and sophisticated architecture, arts, and technologies. These developments ...