Phoenicians

15 09, 2017

West Asian science – Mesopotamia and Iran

By |2019-09-04T05:49:39-07:00September 15th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on West Asian science – Mesopotamia and Iran

The constellation Orion What did Mesopotamians invent? From the Stone Age through the Islamic empires, great scientific discoveries have streamed out of West Asia. West Asia is one of the places where farming got started, [...]

15 09, 2017

Monotheism and polytheism – West Asian religion

By |2020-05-11T06:36:44-07:00September 15th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Monotheism and polytheism – West Asian religion

The Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar or Inanna What is polytheism? The earliest people in West Asia were all polytheistic: they all worshipped many gods. From 3000 BC to 539 BC, the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Assyrians and the Babylonians all [...]

14 09, 2017

West Asian history – The Levant, Mesopotamia, and Iran

By |2019-09-05T05:40:01-07:00September 14th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on West Asian history – The Levant, Mesopotamia, and Iran

Map of West Asia People also call West Asia the Near East or the Middle East. It is the part of Asia that is closest to the Mediterranean Sea. West Asia [...]

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