Scholars have yet to learn how the ancient Mesopotamians got the idea of mixing tin with copper to produce a much stronger bronze.
Most experts believe the ancient Mesopotamians invented the wheel about 8000 BC.
The ancient Mesopotamians believed in an afterlife that was a land below our world.
It is no exaggeration to say that the ancient Mesopotamians recognized thousands of gods.
They are an ancient Semitic people, descendant from the ancient Mesopotamians.
Perhaps this same urge drove ancient Mesopotamians to invent written calendars based on the moon's cycles.
The ancient Mesopotamians believed that history repeated itself after a massive cycle of many years.
Nor is time cyclical but sacred, as for the ancient Mesopotamians, whose ritual calendar periodically returned the world to the mythical age.
They are indigenous people of Iraq and descended from the ancient Mesopotamians.
They are the descendants of the ancient Mesopotamians.