Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script ...

Cuneiform uses wedge-shaped symbols – which describe the early creation of the world. The map also showcased Mesopotamia, the land of the rivers, and a historical area of the Middle East.

The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what the ...

This 8th-century miniature, by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liébana, depicts the Bible story of Babylonian King Nebuchadrezzar eating grass as divine punishment. Photograph by Granger Collection ...

This piece of clay contains some of the earliest writing in the world. It's called 'cuneiform ... The oldest known example of writing comes from Mesopotamia and dates to about 3300 BC.