Mounted combat has shaped the battlefield for millennia—from ancient chariots thundering across Mesopotamia to the elite ...

Trace Ancient Iraq's beginnings in Mesopotamia. ... The chariots have solid wheels, and are drawn by donkeys whose reins go through nose-rings (spokes and bits were later inventions).

Between Two Rivers Moudhy Al-Rashid (Hachette (UK, 20 February); W. W. Norton (US, 12 August)). A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.