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Agade / #Akkad: at best this city was seen as being on the north edges of traditional #Sumerian territory, with #TellMuhammad on the outskirts of #Baghdad a candidate.

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The History Files: Agade / Akkad (Mesopotamia)
September 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Awan / #Avan: one of the oldest city state kingdoms of #Elam, #Awan arose c.2600 BC, but little is known of its origins and, culturally, #Elamites achieved less than #Sumerians.

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The History Files: Awan / Avan (Elam)
September 18, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Uruk: this was already a major city by 3300 BC, being here that #Sumerian civilisation seems to have reached its creative and social peak with familiar urban human themes emerging.

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The History Files: Uruk (Sumer)
September 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Ancient #Mesopotamia: as irrigation improved so the more southerly reaches of the #Euphrates could be occupied by humans and their animals, mainly #pastoralists, herding sheep or goats.

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The History Files: Mesopotamia
September 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Sumerian King List: the highly important #Sumerian #kinglist was written in #cuneiform on clay tablets, with the first version appearing during the #UrIII period.

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The History Files: The Sumerian King List
September 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Read an #excerpt from UGARIT (Tales of a Lost City) by Janet Tamaren.

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October 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Some really cool displays at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East! #Archaeology #AncientNearEast
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November 24, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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May 31, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Isin: already existed under #UrIII rule but there are no records in the #Sumerian period of any rulers here: instead the city only achieved self-rule in the last Ur III days.

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The History Files: Isin (Sumer)
September 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Sumer #Map: the very earliest #Sumerian cities, such as Sippar & Borsippa in the north & Ur & Uruk in the south, formed endpoints of a complex network of cities & canals.

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The History Files: Sumer Map (Mesopotamia)
October 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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On tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: UGARIT (Tales of a Lost City) by Janet Tamaren.

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October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Hamazi: this city was thought to have been located in the W #ZagrosMountains, probably between #Elam & later #Assyria, but recent research gives it a better spot.

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The History Files: Hamazi (Mesopotamia)
September 22, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Gutians / #Gutium: one of a number of groups which lived in ancient #Mesopotamia although they arrived late on the scene to occupy the central #ZagrosMountains.

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The History Files: Gutians / Gutium (Mesopotamia)
September 29, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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November 19, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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Mari: this important city is the modern archaeological site of #TellHariri on the west bank of the #Euphrates, the most northerly of all the #Sumerian city states.

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The History Files: Mari (Mesopotamia)
September 24, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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September 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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Priest-King of #Uruk: in the mid-3000s BC there are several #cylinderseal impressions in Uruk, #Susa, & #ChogaMish showing a bearded male figure, possibly the first #priestking.

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The History Files: Priest-King of Uruk
September 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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On Monday we protested against budget cuts on Dutch higher education with some 25,000 people. #Egyptology #AncientNearEast #woinactie #eppocalyps
Group of protesters against budget cuts in Dutch higher education, carrying signs and wearing t-shirts with slogans in Ancient Egyptian (hieroglyphs and other scripts), Coptic, Akkadian, and Sumerian.
November 26, 2024 at 11:13 PM
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For the #70RAIPrague people: Since each participant is permitted to present only one paper, please refrain from submitting more than one abstract! Thanks. @IAAssyriology #Assyriology #cuneiform #ancientNearEast #archaeology
January 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Adab: today's site of #Bismaya / #Bismya - was between Girsu & Zabalam, with its principal deity being the goddess #Ninhursag, not to be confused with Tell Bismaya.

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The History Files: Adab (Sumer)
September 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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May 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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November 26, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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Velká gratulace kolegovi Františkovi Válkovi (ÚSPV) k publikaci jeho nejnovějšího článku Motifs of Drought in Ugaritic Narratives, BASOR 394 (fall 2025), ahead of print: #ArchaeologyofTexts #GAČR #AncientNearEast #cuneiform www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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August 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Akshak / #Akcak: this city first appeared in written records around 2600 BC and, during the period of its ascendancy in the 2400s BC, it was at war with #Lagash.

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The History Files: Akshak / Akcak (Sumer)
September 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM