Archaeologists have unearthed “administrative tablets,” which provide the oldest tangible proof of the world's first empire, the Akkadia. The findings reveal the surprising existence of a highly ...

Discover which king established the first professional standing army. Learn how Sargon of Akkad revolutionized warfare and ...

The name of this place means “the town or city of Judah,” and it belonged to the Babylonian Empire. Its existence is known ...

AN ADVANCED civilisation that ruled large swathes of the Middle East 4,000 years ago may have been wiped out by a spot of bad weather. The Akkadian Empire flourished during the Bronze Age and new ...

Gol-e-Zard Cave lies in the shadow of Mount Damavand, which at more than 5,000 meters dominates the landscape of northern Iran. In this cave, stalagmites and stalactites are growing slowly over ...

Fossil coral records provide new evidence that frequent winter shamals, or dust storms, and a prolonged cold winter season contributed to the collapse of the ancient Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia.

Waššukanni has never been found and some scholars think that it may be located in northeastern Syria. The people who lived in ...

A lost empire that ruled Mesopotamia for 200 years was wiped out by a cataclysmic series of winter dust storms that caused drought and famine, a study has found. The empire's demise was aided by a ...

The Akkadian Empire was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia, centered around the lost city of Akkad. The reign of Akkad is sometimes regarded as the first empire in history, as it developed a ...

Gol-e-Zard Cave lies in the shadow of Mount Damavand, which at more than 5,000 metres dominates the landscape of northern Iran. In this cave, stalagmites and stalactites are growing slowly over ...