Agricultural production is thought to be the basis for supporting and provisioning Mesopotamian cities, states and empires. The researchers' new evidence that crops and food were in fact grown in ...

Sumer was an ancient civilization located in southern Mesopotamia, in what is now modern-day Iraq. It is often considered the cradle of civilization due to its numerous innovations, including the ...

Many millennia ago, the tides turned for ancient Sumerians who built the first civilization - literally. Rising in southern Mesopotamia around 6,000 years ago, Sumer bridged a network of city-states ...

Researchers have unearthed the earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) in ancient Iraq, challenging our understanding of humanity's earliest agricultural practices.

Newswise — New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 11, 2022) – Rutgers researchers have unearthed the earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) in ancient Iraq, challenging our ...

Researchers have unearthed the earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet, Panicum miliaceum, in Mesopotamia -- a territory that roughly coincides with present-day Iraq -- challenging the ...