What was the extent of the Mesopotamian civilization?

Considering “Mesopotamian civilization” as a group of related societies and cultures (as Dan Bar correctly points out, there were a number of small kingdoms and several empires involved), one way we might look at this is to look at the extent of one of the more distinctive Mesopotamian technologies, the use of cuneiform writing on clay tablets. read more

Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a dead civilization. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago and London. Revised edition completed by Erica Reiner, 1977. Pollock, Susan; 1999. Ancient Mesopotamia: the Eden that never was. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. Postgate, J. Nicholas; 1992. Early Mesopotamia: Society and Economy at the dawn of history. read more

The comparative analysis of the ruins found at different places of the Indus valley and Mesopotamia gives us an account of origin and Extent of Harappa Civilization. Some archaeologists are of opinion that the date of Indus Valley Civilization was between 3250 B.C. and 2750 B.C. read more