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The rotunda of the CSMVS, where a model of Dholavira (3000 to 1500 BCE), a key Harappan site, leads to the new learning gallery Networks of the Past. Courtesy: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu ...

The Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia arranged floral depictions on pottery with symmetry and numerical sequences, displaying one of the earliest pieces of evidence of mathematical thinking.

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Mesopotamia, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is recognized as the earliest cradle of civilization due to its development of complex urban centers. This region fostered early farming, ...

At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life like? Along with the pioneering legal code of Hammurabi, a wealth of ...