Civilisations: The Gardens of Babel
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Mesopotamia, or 'the country between two rivers', is the oldest civilisation to have flourished at the confluence of two
rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates. The Mesopotamians included various peoples, the Sumerians, the Babylonians, the Akkadians, who coexisted and
succeeded one another, mixing and inter-relating in a Near East with a wide range of racial facets. These different peoples, who once lived along the
banks of the two rivers, have left behind an archaeological heritage of inestimable value.How did they flourish in such a hostile environment? Where
did their wealth come from? And how did this perfectly structured civilisation finally fade and disappear for ever?
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gives new insights into some of the most influential civilisations to shape the world as we know it. To understand where we are now, it might help to
understand where we have been.