Mesopotamia

The Chambers of the Wayfarer in the Ancient World

In the times of old, when men journeyed by foot or upon beast of burden, and the earth was vast with wilderness and city alike, there were chambers prepared for the wayfarer—places of lodging and rest, wherein the weary soul might find shelter from sun and storm. Behold, in the lands of Mesopotamia and the kingdoms of the Nile, the roads were trodd...

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The Origins of Postage and Communication in Ancient Cities

Long before the invention of modern postage stamps, ancient civilizations developed systems to transmit messages across vast distances. Though adhesive stamps as we know them did not exist in antiquity, early forms of organized communication paved the way for postal services that would become vital to empires and societies. Early Message Delivery S...

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Mesopotamia in Wikipedia

Mesopotamia (from the Greek Μεσοποταμία "[land] between the rivers", Assyrian called "Bet-Nahrain", rendered in Arabic as بلاد الرافدين bilād al-rāfidayn)[1] is a toponym for the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq,[2] as well as some parts of northeastern Syria,[2] southeastern Turkey,[2] and southwe...

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