@thelolgic.bsky.socialHistory's first named author was a woman.
Around 2300 BC, Mesopotamian princess Enheduanna wrote powerful hymns to Inanna, goddess of love & war, to reclaim power after a rebel leader forced her into exile & scribes copied her words for centuries after.
@historyfiles.bsky.socialAkshak / #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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@gijinka-achlabo-pt.bsky.social🎨 Novo post: A Memória Gravada na Pedra: A Inscrição de Tel Siran
#history #inscription #mesopotamia #AIArt #Gijinka
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https://luxoraia.achlabo.com/pt/a-memoria-gravada-na-pedra-a-inscricao-de-tel-siran/
@matsuquinox.bsky.socialGreetings Scholars!
We're reading The Epic of Gilgamesh in The Study right now!
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@historyfiles.bsky.socialMari: 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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialAdab: 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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@johnjoycebaker.bsky.socialThe Plot Against Ishtar - Part One:
The goddess #Ishtar is bored of her lofty view above earth from her divine airship. She spies a party among mortals, and decides to join them.
#Babylon #Mesopotamia #goddess #aiart #aiartcommunity #Seedance
@historyfiles.bsky.socialHamazi: 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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@donporque.bsky.social¿Quién inventó la escuela y cómo empezó la enseñanza en las aulas? #Historia #Educacion #Escuela #Curiosidades #HistoriaUniversal #Cultura #Aprender #Mesopotamia #AntiguoEgipto #GreciaAntigua #SabiasQue #felizmartes #22deseptiembre
@historyfiles.bsky.socialLagash / #Sirpula: the rulers of #Lagash are absent from the #Sumerian king list even though the early leader, #Eannatum, built a short-lived empire out of local city states.
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#history #historyfiles #Mesopotamia #Sumer #Iraq #ancientneareast #NearEast #Lagash
@jad73.bsky.socialRelated to that, I'm reading a book on ancient #mesopotamia right now about how ghosts were an integral part of their culture. My favorite part is the author has made a career of this very specialized interest and I'm beyond jealous. His PhD was on Ancient Mesopotamian exorcisms!
#history
@johnjoycebaker.bsky.socialThe goddess #Ishtar looks over the city of New Dilmun, #Mesopotamia. She is eager to get off her airborne high horse and mingle with the mortals below. #Babylon #BabylonBeyond #mythology #aiart #Seedance
@worldhistory.orgFounded in circa 5400 BCE, the #ancient Sumerians considered Eridu (present-day Abu Shahrein, Iraq) to be the first #city in the world. The city became associated with many of the most vital #myths of #Mesopotamia.
Read more, here: https://www.worldhistory.org/eridu/
@towerofsolomon.bsky.social🏺 Early magic wasn't stage tricks. In Mesopotamia, the āšipu (exorcist-priest) used incantations, amulets & ritual to ward off demons blamed for illness 😈
🐍 In Egypt, heka was divine power, spoken & written
📜 Magic, medicine & religion were one sacred craft
#ancientmagic #mesopotamia
@historyfiles.bsky.socialUruk III / #JemdetNasr: the #UrukIII period which succeeded #UrukIV saw #Uruk itself being fully reconstructed, with Uruk-form tablets disappearing outside of southern #Mesopotamia.
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#history #historyfiles #Sumer #Sumerians #Iraq #ancientneareast #NearEast
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@historyfiles.bsky.socialAwan / #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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#history #historyfiles #Sumer #Mesopotamia #ancientneareast #NearEast
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@orbeautomata.esEn Babilonia para conectar el palacio real en una orilla con el gran templo en la otra, se habría diseñado un pasadizo subterráneo de 900 metros de longitud, lo suficientemente ancho para el tránsito de peatones y carros 👉️ www.orbeautomata.es/2026/09/el-t... #historia #mesopotamia #arqueologia