Actually, invention is our big thing ... spelling the end of the Sumerian Empire. And all this? Well, it’ll be history. The place where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers met was called the ...

Here’s our round-up of the seven best events and activities taking place in Auckland this Saturday and Sunday, two more to ...

Science on Tap is a free, monthly event hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and debuting on Feb. 11, intended to bring UTC experts to the community to address questions about ... more ...

including Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, Crete, and Rome. The development of the modern flush toilet started in 1596 with Englishman Sir John Harington. His invention had a flush valve to ...

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West ... some of the most important developments in human history, such as the invention of the wheel, the planting of the first cereal crops, mathematics ...

Tableware sets date back to ancient Mesopotamia. Josiah Wedgwood repopularised ... might be well advised to consult the revolutionary invention of zebra-striping to embrace temperance.

Though frozen cocktails have a long history, they didn't start becoming popular until the early 1900s, especially during the Prohibition era.

The World: A Family History of Humanity. Alfred A. Knopf, 1304 pages, hardcover, bibliography available separately. The ...