Topic: Mesopotamia
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How climate change destroyed one of the world's largest civilizations
Located in present-day India and Pakistan, the Harappan civilization fell victim to shifting monsoon patterns, a new study has found.
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How Peter Carl Fabergé turned Easter eggs into precious art (+video)
Peter Carl Fabergé, the subject of Wednesday's Google doodle, created elaborate and opulent Fabergé eggs. These jeweled works of art have become so famous that it's easy to forget that they started out as Easter eggs.
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Satellites identify thousands of small hills as ancient human settlements
Now, two scientists have figured out a more efficient way of locating these sites, via their footprints, from space.
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A Line in the Sand
An unsettling history of British and French machinations in the Mideast.
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Progress Watch
Hurt by war in Iraq, a Baghdad museum reemerges
A new exhibit opened this month at the Iraqi Museum, providing one more sign that the worst horrors of the war in Iraq are receding and the country is settling into a new normal.
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Uncle Sam's war on apostrophes
Federal mapmakers have been excising these little marks since 1890, and the Monitor's language columnist wonders why.
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From gold rush to gold standard: history's filigree
A timeline of the precious metal's effects on the world – from gold rush to gold standard.
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US interests in Iraq: Like a good neighbor, Turkey is there
Whether US troops stay in Iraq beyond the end of year or not, the US must foster the relationship between Iraq and Turkey. Ankara is the perfect counter to competing Saudi and Iranian influence.
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Is there a lost civilization under the Persian Gulf?
A new review of research suggests that some of the earliest humans outside of Africa lived some 75,000 to 100,000 years ago on a once-fertile landmass that is now submerged under the Persian Gulf.
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Iraq finds missing antiquities in prime minister's storage facility
Some 600 looted Iraqi antiquities were found packed in a dozen boxes in what appears to be an embarrassing mistake, negligence – or both.
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A virtual world that breaks real barriers
In Second Life's Al-Andalus, a virtual world patterned after medieval Andalus in Spain, avatars of Muslims mix with avatars of Jews and Christians to strive for a more perfect union.
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Iraq through the eyes of a tree healer
Jawad Kadhim is a third-generation date-palm tree doctor, one of a dwindling number in Iraq's capital. His job offers a unique window on how the sectarian violence has changed behavior in the various neighborhoods of Baghdad.
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Difference Maker
Saving cultural treasures in war-torn lands
Stuart Gibson circles the globe to help endangered museums undergo rebirth.
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Imperial
For the brave reader ready to tackle it, this sprawling text offers a fascinating glimpse of a corner of America at work.
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Astonishing footage from World War II on the Smithsonian Channel, Cape Verde's Billie Holiday on CD, 'Sesame Street' at 40, and more.
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Bright Green
Could water scarcity cause international conflict?
Some have predicted that conflicts over water scarcity are inevitable, but what does the record show?
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Why defeating the Taliban is key to stopping Al Qaeda
Only in Afghanistan and Pakistan have we seen jihadism actually take root in large numbers.
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Recent bomb damage another setback for Iraq Museum
Damage sustained in the massive August attack on the Foreign Ministry adds to the museum's challenges. Iraqi officials say a number of key archaeological sites also need urgent international aid for repairs.
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Turkey can avert a tragedy on the Tigris
It can develop energy and progress into the future without washing away the town of Hasankeyf, its jewel of the past.
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Turkey offers water for Iraqi crackdown on Kurdish rebels
Seeking to expand its role on the Mideast stage, it promised Tuesday to send more water to drought-stricken Iraq, which faces its lowest harvest in a decade.
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The quest for peace in Iraq
A Christian Science perspective.
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A nod to the humble hoe
The ancient implement is still one of the most versatile tools in the garden.
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The death of U.S. strategy in Iraq
What outcome can justify the costs of fighting on?
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Iraq's antiquities garner international attention
In wake of widespread illegal looting, Iraq and Western countries are attempting to better guard ancient cities from smugglers and prevent them from selling the artifacts.
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