UR Nasiriyah, Iraq June 8, 2023 Of all the sites, Ur was the simplest to access. Ali, who is from Nasiriyah has never been there and he had rounded up yet another friend, Mohammed who also had never been. A short 10 kms from Nasiriyah, this was simple to get to and being firmly on … More Cradle of Civilization III
I usually write these tales in chronological order of travel but this story is presented a little differently. The sites I saw are more fittingly presented as came to prominence in history. Apart from the much-visited sites of Ur and Babylon, it is not easy to visit others. I had to request permission from the … More Cradle of Civilization I
KISH Al Hillah, Iraq June 1, 2023 This is yet another ancient site that is not visited by many and I had an uphill task trying to get there. Abu Mustafa’s son Yusuf was already disgruntled because I had spent too much time in Babylon but agreed to go with an air of resigned good … More Cradle of Civilization II
Babylon, Iraq June 1, 2023 A long, long time ago, sometime around 3000 BCE, on the banks of the Euphrates grew a small village. Unimportant at the time, it was to become the capital of the Akkadian-speaking empire of 1800 BCE. The old Akkadian name of Bab-ibil, meaning Gate of Gods morphed into the Greek … More Bab-ibil Gate of Gods
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