Nimrod was born in the second generation after the flood. His sin? Nimrod tried to expand and upgrade the home of the god Enki, the abzu–the abyss–to create a dwelling place for the gods on Earth.Continue Reading

After the Tower of Babel was abandoned, a group of Sumerians traveled by sea around the Arabian peninsula and then overland from the Red Sea to found the 1st dynasty of Egypt.Continue Reading

Hammurabi the Great, who reigned from 1792 to 1750 BC, is mostly remembered for his law code, one of the oldest discovered. It was carved into a basalt pillar shaped like a giant index finger and covered a variety of legal issues from family matters to penalties for medical malpracticeContinue Reading