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5 days ago · While terrestrial iron is naturally abundant, the higher temperature required for smelting, 1,250 °C (2,280 °F), in addition to the greater difficulty of working with the metal, placed it out of reach of common use until the end of the second millennium BC.
5 days ago · If the Indus valley civilization (3rd–2nd millennium bce) was the earliest source of these traditions, as some scholars hold, then Hinduism is the oldest living religion on Earth. Its many sacred texts in Sanskrit and vernacular languages served as a vehicle for spreading the religion to other parts of the world, though ritual and the visual ...
1 day ago · c. 5500 – c. 1800 BC. Preceded by. Ubaid period. Followed by. Akkadian Empire. Sumer ( / ˈsuːmər /) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq ), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
- c. 5500 – c. 1800 BC
4 days ago · In the course of the second millennium BCE, however, some forceful Elamite ruler occasionally succeeded not only in establishing his independence from Mesopotamian interference but also in extending briefly his influence on regions lying on the western borders of Elam.
3 days ago · At the end of the 2nd millennium BCE [1000 B.C.] the camel was domesticated on the Arabian Peninsula … The ability of the camel to get along without water for days increased the efficiency of trade in desert regions.
4 days ago · northern Mesopotamia and Central Anatolia in the early second millennium BCE. However, despite their importance, there are very few known remains of these livestock animals from early periods in Anatolia. As a result, the history of these important equids and their roles in developing complex economies of the Bronze Age world are poorly understood.
