Clay tablets from the cradle of civilisation provide new insight to the history of medicine
February 12, 2018 by Bo Christensen, ScienceNordic
Before the Greeks excelled in science and philosophy, culture was blooming in Mesopotamia, located between the Euphrates River and the Tigris River in present day Iraq.
This region, known as the cradle of civilisation, was the seat of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which lasted from around 900 to 612 BCE.
Some historians consider the kingdom to be the first true empire in history and many Assyrian kings and cities are described in The Old Testament.
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