WebCivilization Begins. Coming Soon Plan your visit Plan your visit {{daysLeft(exhibition.end)}} days left Plan your visit Last day Plan your visit Exhibition Closed. Mesopotamia—the land "between the rivers" in modern-day Iraq—was home to the ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Among their many achievements are the creation of the …

WebThe history of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. The pharaonic period, the period in which Egypt was ruled by a pharaoh , is dated from the 32nd century BC , when Upper and Lower Egypt were unified, until the country fell under Macedonian rule in 332 …

WebBabylon, Babylonian Bab-ilu, Old Babylonian Bāb-ilim, Hebrew Bavel or Babel, Arabic Aṭlāl Bābil, one of the most famous cities of antiquity. It was the capital of southern Mesopotamia (Babylonia) from the early 2nd millennium to the early 1st millennium bce and capital of the Neo-Babylonian (Chaldean) empire in the 7th and 6th centuries bce, when it was at the …