The barter system is the oldest way of trading ... is still printed and used widely around the world today. In the ancient Mesopotamian empires, around 2000 BC, wealthy people needed a safe ...

Europeans of the Bronze Age, a period that spans 3300 to 800 BC, were not meticulous bookkeepers like people of some other ancient societies, such as Mesopotamia ... of a widespread measurement and ...

"It is understood that North Korea has been provided with related equipment and anti-aircraft missiles to strengthen Pyongyang's weak air defense system." Central Pyongyang, via Reuters This ...

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the symbols used were carried over into proto-writing ...

"It is understood that North Korea has been provided with related equipment and anti-aircraft missiles to strengthen Pyongyang's weak air defense system." This appears based on the defense pact signed ...

Back in the fourth millennium, in the city of Uruk in modern day Iraq, an accounting system developed where stone cylinders ... destinations of the products as they made their way around ancient ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay ... cylinder seals were used as part of an accounting system to track the production, storage ...

Ancient cylinder seals in Mesopotamia shaped the development of proto-cuneiform writing in Uruk around 3000 BCE, linking ...

A yearslong construction project for a new subway system in Thessaloniki, Greece, has unveiled thousands of ancient artifacts, many of which have been incorporated into the metro station's design ...

The origins of writing in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond may rest on ... cylinder seals like these were used as part of an accounting system. The system tracked the production, storage, and ...

The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay ... cylinder seals were used as part of an accounting system to track the production, storage ...