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	Cradle of Civilization - Map - MSN Encarta
		Known as the “cradle of civilization,” Mesopotamia served as the site for some of the world’s earliest settlements.
		Named after the Greek word meaning “between the rivers,” Mesopotamia occupied the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that now constitutes the greater part of Iraq.
		The Sumerian civilization, which began in the region in about 3500 bc, built a canal system and the world’s first cities.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461516643/Cradle_of_Civilization.html (74 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Heritage \| The cradle of civilisation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the face of military madness such as screened daily on TV it is as well to remind the leader of a new world power that he has launched a war on a people with a cultural heritage that goes back thousands of years.
		In the fragile remains of a pioneer of human civilisation in the "Fertile Crescent", and in the historic mediaeval buildings of Baghdad, lie the roots of Iraqi identity.
		Contemporary with Egyptian civilisation, probably even earlier, there sprang up in Western Asia, in the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates, the region which came to be called Mesopotamia ("between the rivers" in Greek).
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/633/hr1.htm (2030 words)

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		In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India is a ground-breaking book wherein three renowned scholars show that there was no "Aryan invasion", and that India, not Sumer, was the cradle of civilized humanity.
		The issue of the true "cradle of civilization" is of far more than academic importance; it is at the heart of our collective understanding of our roots and our apparent destiny.
		IN SEARCH OF THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION dispenses with several jaded and time-worn academic myths about ancient India...Moreover, this book is straightforward but nonetheless challenging in its careful presentation, long overdue, of the significance of ancient Indian civilization and culture for the study of world history.
	www.ee.lsu.edu /kak/rev-cradle.html (668 words)

	CBC.ca - Worldwide: Robbing The Cradle of Civilization
		The cradle of civilization is being robbed blind, and there is nothing anyone is doing to stop it.
		This systematic pillaging of the earliest sites of Western civilization was launched in the early nineties, and feeds an international network of criminal smuggling that may be the most extensive in archeological history.
		And their booty - priceless treasures representing landmarks of the earliest civilizations, including the invention of writing, and the wheel - is ending up as “legitimate” artifacts in the best museums and collections in the world.
	www.cbc.ca /cbcworldwide/robbingthecradle/index.html (425 words)

	Sumeria, Ancient Sumeria (Sumer), A history of Ancient Sumer Including its Contributions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Most accept the view that "a civilization is a culture which has attained a degree of complexity usually characterized by urban life." In other words, a civilization is a culture capable of sustaining a substantial number of specialists to cope with the economic, social, political, and religious needs of a populous society.
		Other characteristics usually present in a civilization include a system of writing to keep records, monumental architecture in place of simple buildings, and an art that is no longer merely decorative, like that on Neolithic pottery, but representative of people and their activities.
		Thus the advent of civilization in Sumer is associated with the beginning of the Bronze Age in the West, which in time spread to Egypt, Europe, and Asia.
	ragz-international.com /sumeria.htm (7356 words)

	IslamiCity.com - Communications & Services
		Mesopotamia was the center of the universe and was the oldest civilization anywhere on this planet.
		The land of Iraq is important historically, because it is the land where the first law, the Hamurabi code, was enacted in Babylon thousands of years ago, its where writing was first discovered 5000 years ago at Uruk, and where the seventh wonder of the world, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, is situated.
		Five thousand years ago, territory now in southern Iraq was the home of the Sumerian civilization, which contributed such breakthroughs as the wheel and the plow.
	www.islamicity.com /articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0303-1889 (661 words)

	CIVILIZATION FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE
		It was there in the "fertile crescent," at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, that the Sumerians built the first great cities, and, among other shining accomplishments, devised the first writing.
		And lying beneath the crumbling ruins of Ziggurats and city walls are more ancient settlements, which in turn built upon the charcoal from the fires of nomadic tribes, where mysterious amulets lie alongside flint tools.
		And you know why it appears to me that we are witnessing the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it.
	sacredearth.org /cradletograve.html (1099 words)

	Iraq - The cradle of civilization at risk : H-Museum Current Focus
		A great number of monuments of the history of civilization, archaeological sites, and museums are situated on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and in other areas.
		Present-day Iraq occupies the greater part of the ancient land of Mesopotamia, the plain between Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
		Therefore the region is often referred to as the cradle of mankind.
	www.h-net.org /~museum/iraq.html (675 words)

	Save Iraq's Cradle of Civilization, Reclaim it From the Terrorists
		It is important historically, because it is the country where the first law, the Hamurabi code, was enacted in Babylon thousands of years ago, its where writing was first discovered 5000 years ago at Uruk, and where the seventh wonder of the world, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, is situated.
		Iraq, the cradle of civilization, is going to the dogs.
		Day after day, its social and economic infrastructure is disintegrating, while Saddam indulges in all sorts of luxuries and fantasies, from forcing the country to celebrate his birthday, humiliating people by forcing them to hold candles and walk in the streets on that day, to building palaces worth billions of dollars.
	www.iraqfoundation.org /studies/2002/cnov/6_claim.html (847 words)

	IslamOnline - Spotlight on Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As I ponder with dismay the impending disaster of America’s striking Iraq, I can’t help but draw a parallel between the country wherein I have resided these past fifteen years-Egypt, with all its historical treasures, and that of Iraq.
		Possessing an equally majestic history, and for want of a better word, “civilization”, Iraq’s value as a cultural testimony for all those who value such artifacts and ancient heritage has been totally ignored.
		Moreover, many hold the theory yet to be solidly disproved, that the great flood of biblical reference occurred here, as is recounted in the ancient epic of Gilgamesh.
	www.islamonline.net /English/In_Depth/Iraq/2003/03/article01.shtml (1330 words)

	Robbing the Cradle of Civilization
		It has been said that the first casualty of war is truth; the second casualty of war is history.
		This documentary reminds us of the 7000 year old history of the land that was called Mesopotamia with its rich culture that lay buried, to be retrieved by archaeologists during the past two hundred years.
		This took place despite the 1936 law in Iraq that all artifacts must remain in the country, and the 1976 UN convention banning purchase of looted antiquities.
	www.filmakers.com /indivs/robbingcradle.htm (285 words)

	IslamOnline - Iraq... The Aftermath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Possessing an equally majestic history, and for want of a better word, “civilization”, Iraq’s value as a cultural testimony for all those who value such artifacts and ancient heritage has been ignored.
		Prophet Abraham by all accounts lived in this region; yet this is hardly ever mentioned, perhaps the reason being that most in America don’t know that he was a Muslim calling for monotheism and despairing of idol worship, most of all inherited traditions from powerful, yet misguided forefathers.
		The post-World War II scenario put in place in the area was indeed not conducive to fostering the type of tourism which now flourishes in Egypt, Jordan and parts of the Maghrib.
	www.islamonline.net /english/In_Depth/Iraq_Aftermath/2003/05/article_01.shtml (1244 words)

	Iraq History - تاريخ العراق
		This region is known as the Cradle of Civilization; was the birthplace of the varied civilizations that moved us from prehistory to history.
		The civilized life that emerged at Sumer was shaped by two conflicting factors: the unpredictability of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which at any time could unleash devastating floods that wiped out entire peoples, and the extreme richness of the river valleys, caused by centuries-old deposits of soil.
		Sumerian states were believed to be under the rule of a local god or goddess, and a bureaucratic system of the priesthood arose to oversee the ritualistic and complex religion.
	arabic-media.com /iraq_history.htm (1135 words)

	No. 2102 Cradle of Civilization
		Today, we look for the cradle of civilization.
		It's long been a tenet of Archaeology that civilization arose in Mesopotamia -- the fertile triangle that embraced Baghdad and the region south of it.
		She's looking at a civilization that flourished a mere 78 of her lifetimes ago -- do the arithmetic.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi2102.htm (550 words)

	Robbing the Cradle of Civilization by Tom Engelhardt and Chalmers Johnson
		In archaeological circles, Iraq is known as "the cradle of civilization," with a record of culture going back more than 7,000 years.
		He rushed to the offices of the U.S. Marines' Civil Affairs Bureau and gave the officer on duty precise map locations for the two archives and their names in Arabic and English, and pointed out that the smoke could be seen from three miles away.
		It is no small accomplishment of the Bush administration to have plunged the cradle of the human past into the same sort of chaos and lack of security as the Iraqi present.
	www.lewrockwell.com /engelhardt/engelhardt93.html (3315 words)

	The Cradle of Civilization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Cradle of Civilization was one of the first books I designed specifically on and with the computer.
		The notion of presenting this piece back on the computer, with the necessity of scrolling horizontally to see it is very appealing also and perfectly in line with my original intentions for the viewing this piece.
		To download The Cradle of Civilization, using Netscape (prefered!), simply click and hold on the image until the dialog comes up asking if you want to copy, save, or view the image.
	www.uark.edu /~bzabala/art/faculty/peven/cradle.html (299 words)

	Ararat, the Cradle of Civilization?
		113, indicate a long held belief by many that cradle of civilization was in the hills of Armenia.
		Conclusion: The evidence is rather compelling that the area that consists today of far eastern Turkey, northwestern Iran and Armenia was the cradle of civilization and where much of the saga of the early Genesis account took place.
		The minister also claimed that Noah's mother is buried in a mosque in Iran and that the people who settled in Nakhichevan and Iran are the people that left the Ark after the typhoon.
	www.accuracyingenesis.com /ararat.html (3777 words)

	As the Threat of War Grows, Archaeologists Make Plea to Spare Iraq's Treasures
		Most of the palaces and temples and mosques of those ancient civilizations crumbled many centuries ago.
		"The Near East in general, including Iraq, is one of the first areas to be settled by agricultural communities, one of the first areas to have civilizations with cities and writing and complicated structures like temples," Ms McDonald said.
		Saddam Hussein had gone on to use the past glories of the country to help build his nation, encouraging the people of the north to revel in the glories of Ninevah and those of the south to acknowledge the great history of the city of Ur.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines02/1107-04.htm (1171 words)

	Archaeological Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ur is known in the Bible as Ur of the Chaldees.
		This biblical name, Ur of the Chaldees, refers to the Chaldeans, who settled the area about 900 B.C. It is known as the ancient city of the Sumerian civilization and the home of Abraham, father of the Hebrews.
		The first settlers of this land were known as Ubaidians, however, the credit for establishing the civilization should go to the Sumerians who were the second settlers.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/ur.html (533 words)

	GameDaily BIZ: 2K Games' Cradle of Civilization
		Civilization IV has been near the top of the PC games charts week after week.
		If Civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
		The worth of a Civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals -- its philosophers, its poets and its artists.
	biz.gamedaily.com /industry/toppers/?id=11816 (1110 words)

	Part 44: Burning the cradle of civilization
		What I intend to demonstrate, instead, is that American violence in Iraq has qualities that belies and contradicts American claims of civilized conduct and the possession of superior moral standards over other civilizations, and irrevocably puts the American brand of violence in a category by itself.
		Once this demonstration is in place, the resulting picture would be uncompromising: by all standards of impartial comparison and considering the time we live in, the American model of supremacist violence supersedes by its magnitude, cruelty, fascism, cynicism, motives, myths, rationales, execution, details, and ideology, any other form of violence throughout history.
		For example, when the American Hitler of turn burned the Cradle of Civilization in 1991, he did it by dropping over 80,000 tons or 250,000 heavy weight bombs.
	onlinejournal.com /artman/publish/article_764.shtml (2966 words)

	THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION?
		While researching the history of Armenia and the food history of that area, I became aware of the similarities of the Biblical description of the "Garden Of Eden" and the story of Noah, his "Ark" and the "Great Flood".
		With a little geographic study, a little delving into the history of the area I came up with the assumption (it was fun anyway) that the ancestral home of my family just might be the "Cradle of Civilization".
		Possibly my theory of "The Cradle of Civilization" my be flawed, but if you try the food of this area, you will become a believer that this is truly the "Land Of Milk And Honey".
	www.thegutsygourmet.net /cradle.html (1086 words)

	Amazon.com: In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India: Books: George Feuerstein,Subhash ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		For decades, schoolbooks have taught that Sumer was the cradle of civilization.
		It was neither Sumer nor Egypt that was the cradle of civilization.
		Given the increasing degeneracy of modern civilization, it is a blessing that a handful of determined scholars have today set about extracting the knowledge from this precious repository that could, if rightly used, help restore us to sanity.
	www.amazon.com /Search-Cradle-Civilization-Light-Ancient/dp/8120816269 (2534 words)

	The Cradle of Civilization
		I had the honor of beta testing this program, so I can tell you first hand what a huge time saver this utility is. It allows you change all kinds of city parameters, many of which can only be changed by hex-editing.
		Mfe is a utility for scenarios for Civilization 2.
		It runs with any version of Civilization II upper than 2.6.2 (that means with Conflicts in Civilization, Fantastic Worlds or Multi-player Gold Edition).
	coc.apolyton.net /utilities/index.shtml (586 words)

	Hammorabi
		After the war finished the USA allies started to pull one by one and those who stayed are now facing difficulties inside their countries.
		This is of course augmented by the failure of the security in Iraq and the on going civil war which only needs to be declared.
		The other example is Iraq in which the USA deceived the Iraqis and the others more than 3 years ago that it came to create a model of democracy for the Middle East.
	hammorabi.blogspot.com (2502 words)

	Iraq War Threatens Ancient Treasures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		But in a country regarded as the "Cradle of Civilization," there may also be substantial harm to irreplaceable cultural heritage in the form of damage to ancient structures, archaeological sites, and artifacts.
		Iraq is the land of ancient Mesopotamia, where peoples in the fertile ground between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers domesticated animals, began agriculture, and gave rise to the earliest cities some 6,000 years ago.
		Civilizations like the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians thrived within the nation's borders.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/03/0319_030319_iraqiantiquities.html (830 words)

	"The Cradle Of Civilization"
		The country of Iraq is the cradle of civilization.
		It is where God Himself created the Garden of Eden and placed a man named Adam with his wife named Eve in that garden to keep it.
		It is absolutely the cradle of civilization and the only logical place for God’s final judgment to occur.
	www.pawcreek.org /articles/pna/TheCradleOfCivilization.htm (886 words)

	Sacred Ordinary: The Cradle of Civilization in Jeopardy
		Sacred Ordinary: The Cradle of Civilization in Jeopardy
		The bottomline is that Feiler decided he had better visit the Cradle of Civilization before there isn't one anymore.
		The article has a map of the area where all the antiquities he writes about are located and there are several interesting photos as well.
	redondowriter.typepad.com /sacredordinary/2004/04/the_cradle_of_c.html (945 words)

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