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Mesopotamia is the ancient Greek name (meaning "the land between two rivers," the Tigris and Euphrates) for the region corresponding to modern-day Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria, and Turkey. #History #Ur-Nammu #Sumer #SargonOfAkkad #Mesopotamia #Hammurabi #Gilgamesh #FertileCrescent #Enheduanna #Elam #Cuneiform #Beer #Akkad #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-1600-en/

Ten Ancient Mesopotamia Facts You Need to Know: Fun Facts on the Cradle of Civilization

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Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐Mar 8

Copa elamita del reinado de Kutik-Inshushinak (2240-2220 a.C.), último rey de la dinastía elamita de Awan, que dice en elamita linear: "Para la Dama de Marapsha, [llamada] Shuwar-asu, he hecho este vaso de plata. En el templo que será conocido por mi nombre, Humshat, lo he dedicado con buena voluntad por ti". El elamita linear podría ser la escritura puramente fonográfica más antigua conocida. 🏛️Museo Nacional de Irán 📷Zereshk #elam

Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐Jan 17

Modelo en bronce del ritual del amanecer Sit-Šamši, encontrado en Susa, del reinado del rey shutrukida Shilak-Inshushinak I, último gran rey de Elam (c. 1150-1120 a.C.). Lo curioso es que, aunque la inscripción que lo fecha identificando al rey está en elamita, usa un préstamo acadio para referirse al ritual. 🏛️Louvre 📷Rama #elam

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From Cuba to Harvard: The Journey of Garífuna Doctor Luther Castillo

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[A video about #Cuba, hosted on the #PeerTube server #CuddlyTube, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

Dr. Luther Castillo Harris was the first Garífuna* to graduate from Harvard University. But his journey began in the classrooms of Havana, Cuba. He earned his medical degree from the #LatinAmericanSchoolOfMedicine (#ELAM) in Cuba. Now he is serving as Honduras’ Secretary of State for Science and Technology.

Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández sat down with Dr. Castillo recently to talk about his inspiring personal journey and the impact of Cuba’s international #HealthInternationalism.

*The Garifuna people are a people of mixed free African and Amerindian ancestry. (Wikipedia)

#CubanMedicine #HealthForAll #MedicalRevolution #SolidarityNotCharity #SouthSouthCooperation
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#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
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From Cuba to Harvard: The Journey of Garífuna Doctor Luther Castillo

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Geeks anciens Oct 8, 2025

Un documentaire d'Arte retrace le déchiffrement de l'élamite linéaire, écriture employée vers la fin du IIIe millénaire avant J.-C. par la civilisation d'Elam, voisine de la Mésopotamie.
Documentaire disponible jusqu'au 25 novembre.
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/109776-000-A/a-la-recherche-de-l-ecriture-oubliee/
#écriture #Antiquité #Mésopotamie #Elam #Elamite #LinearElamite #Arte

À la recherche de l'écriture oubliée - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

Après quinze ans d'enquêtes, l'archéologue François Desset est parvenu à décoder l'élamite linéaire, écriture millénaire réputée indéchiffrable. Récit d'une fascinante aventure linguistique.

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World History Encyclopedia Oct 2, 2025

Chogha Zanbil (literally "basket mound") is an ancient Elamite temple complex located in the modern-day province of Khuzestan, Iran. #History #Temple #Susa #Elam #ChoghaZanbil #ElamiteTemple #Iran #Untash-Napirisha #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-19111-en/

Chogha Zanbil: The

Chogha Zanbil (literally

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World History Encyclopedia Oct 2, 2025

Elam, located in the region of the modern-day provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan in Iran, was one of the most impressive civilizations of the ancient world. #History #Elam #ChoghaZanbil #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-1591-en/

Ten Ancient Elam Facts You Need to Know

Elam, located in the region of the modern-day provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan in Iran, was one of the most impressive civilizations of the ancient world. It was never a cohesive ethnic kingdom or polity...

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World History Encyclopedia Oct 1, 2025

Elam was a region in the Near East corresponding to the modern-day provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan in southern Iran (though it also included part of modern-day southern Iraq) whose civilization spanned thousands of years from circa 3200 to circa 539 BCE. #History #Susa #Mesopotamia #Elam #ChoghaZanbil #AchaemenidEmpire #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-275-en/