Throughout most periods of ancient Near Eastem history, religious rituals frequently played an important role in the resolution of legal disputes that were brought to trial. It appears that judges would sometimes make use of them arbitrarily but often when they felt the available evidence was insufficient or at least too ambiguous to render a decisive verdict. The rituals—or cultic procedures, ...

Recent analyses of ancient Mesopotamian mitochondrial genomes have suggested a genetic link between the Indian subcontinent and Mesopotamian civilization. There is no consensus on the origin of the ancient Mesopotamians. They may be descendants of migrants, who founded regional Mesopotamian groups like that of Terqa or they may be merchants who were involved in trans Mesopotamia trade. To ident...

Russian excavations have played an important role during the sixties in discovering Hassuna civilization north of Mesopotamia; which helped to study and enrich our knowledge different types settlement most ancient agricultural site north-west Mesopotamia. The excavation mission had chosen series Yarem tappeh hill as for excavation, came with great results. It discovered remains buildings known ...