Talk:Mesopotamia

Mesopotamian Government: Akkad fell to Gutians?
I could be wrong, but wasn't it the Gutians, not the Babylonians who conquered the Akkadian empire? There should be some mention of Lugal-zage-si too, as he was the one who fell to Sargon. To imply that Eannatum and his descendants were the last Sumerian rulers before the Akkadians is false. Lugal-zage-si was even from Umma, Lagash's main rival.

Sumer is the proper term for the region, not Sumeria, correct?

Factual error in section 9.1: Kings
The section states that "The Mesopotamians believed their kings and queens were descended from the City of Gods, but, unlike the ancient Egyptians, they never believed their kings were real gods."

This is a significant misquoting of the source, which actually says, "The Mesopotamian people believed that their kings and queens were descendants from the city gods [emphasis added], but the people never believed–as did the Egyptians–that their rulers were divine gods." The full text of the cited source can be found here.

There was no "City of Gods" in Mesopotamian mythology. Rather, the ancient Mesopotamians generally believed that a king was descended from his city's patron god. For example, a Babylonian king would have been regarded as a descendant of that city's patron god, Marduk, while the king of Ur would have been seen as Nanna's descendant, and so on.

I have no expertise with Wikipedia editing, so I hope that someone in a position to do so will correct this factual error. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:a601:a38f:3300:9d36:118c:30f7:6b99 (talk) 10:59, September 9, 2021 (UTC)

Sumerian King List has an RFC
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Which accent Mesopotamia civilization covered modern day Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq? Iraq.
mesopotamia 67.177.247.74 (talk) 23:20, 6 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Gyu 2604:3D08:607E:3800:1C86:F200:6D08:D203 (talk) 00:05, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 November 2023
edit request 12.189.68.50 (talk) 14:13, 8 November 2023 (UTC) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakadians long ago conquired sumer took controll sargon and his
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Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia, when you'll all say BC; which stands for before Christ, you believe in Biblical values! Wikpedia is known for their liberal values. Then why are you stating "BC" if you don't believe in Jesus Christ? Oh, I know why, if it doesn't fit the liberal Marxist Left progressive narrative, it has to be neglected. This only PROVES the HYPOCRISY of the Democrat Marxist agenda! VOTE RED, or our world is OVER! Bwalker64 (talk) 05:18, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * ??? See WP:ERA, Johnbod (talk) 02:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Verbatim copy of text from source material
I was reading the source material from a reference and I discovered that the article text is a verbatim copy of the source material. The following text is at the end of the History section:

"Scientists analysed DNA from the 8,000-year-old remains of early farmers found at an ancient graveyard in Germany. They compared the genetic signatures to those of modern populations and found similarities with the DNA of people living in today's Turkey and Iraq." Source (2nd and 3rd paragraphs). -- Ubh [ talk... contribs... ] 12:27, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 May 2024
In the Trade section, after the first sentence add " Cylinder seals found throughout ANE is evidence of trade between Mesopotamian cities" and in section under Medicine, add "Some treatments used were likely based off the known characteristics of the ingredients used. The others were based on the symbolic qualities" Sdotgoo (talk) 03:11, 2 May 2024 (UTC)


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History cls 11
Project on Mesopotamia 103.230.20.174 (talk) 10:37, 7 June 2024 (UTC)