The Babylonians considered the full moon to be the day of Ishtar's menstrual period. Traveling, cooking, and lighting fires were forbidden during the full moon. The Babylonians divided the month into four weeks and designated Saturday as a "day of rest." The Babylonians called

"His weapon is his friend, he doesn't know what submission is, he eats uncooked meat, he's never owned a house, he's never buried a dead friend." The Sumerians described the Amurru people this way. The Sumerians considered themselves superior to the Akkadians and Amurru people

A 430-line clay tablet recording the military campaigns of Assyrian King Sargon II against the kingdoms of the Urartian Federation in 714 BC. Sargon II waged this campaign against Urartian King Rusa and his allies. The most significant event of this campaign was the sacking and

SOME HITTITE LAWS 📌The penalty for murder is death. 📌The penalty for stealing an ox and slaughtering it is five oxen, stealing a lamb and slaughtering it is four lambs, and stealing a goat and slaughtering it is four goats. 📌A person who sets a fire in an orchard must plant

I must not fear my friends, For the worst they could do is betray me. I must not fear my enemies, For the worst they could do is attack me. But I must be very afraid of the hypocritical people who are in a state of uncertainty. ☀️⛰️🐐Assyrian Wisdom

The introduction of domestic cats to Europe. The genomes of ancient cats from archaeological sites across Europe and Anatolia (dark circles in the map) revealed that domestic cats were introduced to Europe from North Africa starting at ~2 thousand years ago (kya), several

“The eye of man is like a fountain of water and will not be satisfied until it is filled with soil.” ☀️⛰️🐐Assyrian Proverb

"I wrote my precious words on my stele so that the strong do not oppress the weak, the rights of orphans are managed fairly, the law of the country is implemented, and the order of the country is regulated. Seek the rights of the oppressed." 👑King Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC)