All societies have had ways of understanding nature based on their experiences of it. For example, farmers need to understand the seasons and weather to know when to plant and harvest their crops.

It is written in cuneiform, the oldest known writing in the world ... medium with which the Sumerian (unrelated to anything) and Babylonian (related to modern Hebrew and Arabic) languages could ...

The script they deciphered became known as cuneiform, and this distinctive wedge-shaped writing system is perhaps ... check out our episode on Ancient Babylon. And for more ancient history with ...

The evidence of the side-by-side existence of the two langauges in 4th century B.C. is an Aramaic document from Uruk which has been written in cuneiform. In Babylon, The Akkadian writing disappeared ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

an ancient Babylonian city in present-day Iraq. It now lies in the British Museum, and researchers finally think they have ...