A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

Modern historiography has tended to assume that violence was the primary driving force behind the formation of the first ...

Tax Reforms in England (16th–17th Century): Tudor and Stuart monarchs intensified taxation through the enactment of excise taxes and customs duties. The Bill of Rights (1689) established legislative ...

Here's what that means: Local law enforcement now can identify and apprehend immigrants who entered the country illegally. The new agreement is part of the state’s efforts to support President ...

A sprawling, hidden network of ancient irrigation canals has been uncovered near the ancient city of Eridu in southern Mesopotamia. Under the leadership of geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri ...

Global Witness, which monitors attacks on land and environmental defenders globally, said that new protest laws had resulted in the individuals receiving excessive punishments for protesting climate ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with water from the Euphrates river before the first millennium B.C.

Credit: Antiquity (2025). Archaeologists have discovered a massive and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, providing new insights into how early ...

Curfew laws in Texas are intended to protect minors and reduce juvenile crime. Most cities restrict minors from being out in public between 11 PM and 6 AM without adult supervision. While I understand ...

The court said on Friday that it was “temporarily suspending” the laws that Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik pushed through the regional parliament earlier this week. The laws were passed ...