NEST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: James Silk Buckingham, Claudius Rich, Mesopotamia
22 Jan 2019
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Kassite period (1490 bce - 1155 bce) Neo-assyrian period (900 bce - 612 bce) Persian period (559 bce - 330 bce) In the 1700"s and 1800"s, mesopotamia was a part of the ottoman empire. Ziggurat: a stepped tower or platform with a temple on the top. British expedition (1835-1837) to see how easy it was to map the basin of the tigris and. Euphrates rivers so they could nd a new route to india. Made detailed maps and reports about the area. There were scientists on board who would describe the ora and fauna they saw on the shorelines. Cuneiform writing (a script) was discovered at the persian site of persepolis. Early travellers through birs nimrod (borsippa) thought a ruined ziggurat was the tower. James silk buckingham visited mesopotamia in 1816. of babel, even though it is 10 miles away from babylon. Travelled to mesopotamia and persia in 1817.
