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Over the millennia, both rivers’ courses have changed due to natural events and the activities of humanity exploiting them for drinking water, waste removal, navigation, trade, and irrigation. Both are ecologically challenged in the 21st century. Both rivers, and the land between them, suffer from the scars of war, both ancient and recent. Their story is part of the emergence and continuing evolution of civilization in the region. Here is some of that story.
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britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/object/the-first-writing-counting-beer-for-the-workers
worldhistory.org/Sumerians
thecollector.com/sargon-of-akkad-akkadian-empire
metmuseum.org/toah/hd/akka/hd_akka.htm
newadvent.org/cathen/07125a.htm
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp
oll.libertyfund.org/title/hammurabi-babylonian-and-assyrian-laws-contracts-and-letters
metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kass/hd_kass.htm
britannica.com/place/Mesopotamia-historical-region-Asia/Mesopotamia-to-the-end-of-the-Achaemenian-period
thecollector.com/abbasid-caliphate-achievements
theworldwithmnr.com/post/the-golden-age-of-islam
arabcenterdc.org/resource/water-politics-in-the-tigris-euphrates-basin/#:~:text=With%20its%20construction%20having%20begun,borders%20with%20Syria%20and%20Iraq.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/Iraq
water.fanack.com/publications/the-tigris-and-euphrates-in-iraq-the-land-between-two-rivers-under-threat
therevelator.org/cleaning-tigris-river
Over the millennia, both rivers’ courses have changed due to natural events and the activities of humanity exploiting them for drinking water, waste removal, navigation, trade, and irrigation. Both are ecologically challenged in the 21st century. Both rivers, and the land between them, suffer from the scars of war, both ancient and recent. Their story is part of the emergence and continuing evolution of civilization in the region. Here is some of that story.
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youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1
Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels:
Biographics: youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ
TopTenz: youtube.com/user/toptenznet
Check out Karl's Socials:
Fact Fiend: youtube.com/@UCaR-e8ComPih10DqPi3sdWg
Wiki Weekends: youtube.com/@UCtrzkwlnKfS9knQ-zuwYBLQ
Untitled Side Channel: youtube.com/@UCLJvIXTMM7bjZ5-ju8xckJg
Twitter: twitter.com/KarlSmallwood
Further Reading:
britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/object/the-first-writing-counting-beer-for-the-workers
worldhistory.org/Sumerians
thecollector.com/sargon-of-akkad-akkadian-empire
metmuseum.org/toah/hd/akka/hd_akka.htm
newadvent.org/cathen/07125a.htm
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp
oll.libertyfund.org/title/hammurabi-babylonian-and-assyrian-laws-contracts-and-letters
metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kass/hd_kass.htm
britannica.com/place/Mesopotamia-historical-region-Asia/Mesopotamia-to-the-end-of-the-Achaemenian-period
thecollector.com/abbasid-caliphate-achievements
theworldwithmnr.com/post/the-golden-age-of-islam
arabcenterdc.org/resource/water-politics-in-the-tigris-euphrates-basin/#:~:text=With%20its%20construction%20having%20begun,borders%20with%20Syria%20and%20Iraq.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/Iraq
water.fanack.com/publications/the-tigris-and-euphrates-in-iraq-the-land-between-two-rivers-under-threat
therevelator.org/cleaning-tigris-river
