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  2. Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    Mesopotamia encompasses the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, both of which have their headwaters in the neighboring Armenian highlands. Both rivers are fed by numerous tributaries, and the entire river system drains a vast mountainous region.

  3. Sumer - Wikipedia

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    Sumer (/ ˈ s uː m ər /) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.

  4. History of Mesopotamia - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. The Civilization of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity.This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writing in the late 4th millennium BC, an increasing amount of historical sources.

  5. Akkadian Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Akkadian Empire (/ ə ˈ k eɪ d i ən /) [2] was the ever first Empire of the world, [3] succeeding the long-lived city-states of Sumer.Centered on the city of Akkad (/ ˈ æ k æ d /) [4] and its surrounding region, the empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule and exercised significant influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military expeditions ...

  6. Babylonia - Wikipedia

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    Babylonia (/ ˌ b æ b ɪ ˈ l oʊ n i ə /; Akkadian: 𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠, māt Akkadī) was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Kuwait, Syria and Iran).

  7. History of flags - Wikipedia

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    The origin of flags is unknown. Some of the earliest known banners come from ancient China to identify different parts of the army. [3] For example, it is recorded that the armies of the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC carried a white banner before them, although no extant depictions exist of these banners.

  8. Timeline of national flags - Wikipedia

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    No historical flags of American Samoa. No historical flags of American Samoa. Territory of USA American Samoa: Anguilla: 1667 1801 1871 1958 1967 1969 1990 Anguilla: Aruba: 1581 / 1652 1795 1806 1810 1814 1959 1976 Aruba: Ascension Island: 1657 1801 1874 1984 2009 Ascension Island: Bermuda: 1684 1801 1875 1910 1999 Bermuda: Bonaire: 1581 / 1652 ...

  9. Assyrian flag - Wikipedia

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    Assyrian flag designed before World War I and used until 1975 The flag used by the Assyrian volunteers during World War I. Prior to World War I, Western Assyrians from the Tur Abdin region of Turkey designed an Assyrian flag consisting of a horizontal tricolor with the colors purple, white, and red, with three white stars at the upper hoist. [3]