Iraq (Babylonia). Tigris River, air, showing palm groves on its banks. Psalm 137 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.

#Babylonia #TigrisRiver #MatsonPhotoService #theTigrisRiver #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019705692/

Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. Views, street scenes, and types. The Katah Bridge. Over the Tigris River 1932.
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department.
1 photographic print.

#Mesopotamia #Baghdad #Views #TheKatahBridge #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #theKatahBridge #theTigrisRiver #TigrisRiver #1930-1940 #Baghdad #Bridges #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2003653632/

A Climate Warning from the #CradleOfCivilization

Many people in villages near the #EuphratesRiver remember how, 20 years ago, palm trees grew so thick and close together that their leaves blocked the sunlight.

Now, so little water remains in some villages, that families are dismantling their homes and driving away.

#Mesopotamia #TigrisRiver #Civilization #iraq #drought #water #GlobalBoiling #climatechange #environment #savetheplanet #climatecrisis #science

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/world/middleeast/iraq-water-crisis-desertification.html