and an evisceration of the entire concept of empire. In advance of the book's publication on February 25 and an appearance by El Akkad at Powell's City of Books, we spoke with the author about ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 20, 2025 shows a view of the Kaman-Kalehoyuk Archaeological Museum in Kirsehir province, Trkiye. (Photo by Safar ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 20, 2025 shows an archaeological excavation site near the Kaman-Kalehoyuk Archaeological ...

El Akkad, who was born in Egypt ... a walking away from what he consistently but rather vaguely calls “the empire.” He is clearly not alone in this — a similar despair contributed to ...

Karna is one of the most celebrated heroes of the Mahabharata. Born to an unwed princess, Kunti, through a boon granted by Rishi Durvasa, Karna was abandoned at ...

The Akkadian Empire, considered the world's first empire, was established in Mesopotamia. It eventually fell due to a ...

Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics takes readers to the early stages of a process that became the structure of ...

and ways of perceiving and thinking about one’s place in society as progressing toward a geopolitical peak with the Assyrian Empire. What enabled and made this sustained achievement so ...

the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire. One area on the map is described as a place "where the Sun is not visible." As highlighted by IFLScience, Babylonians might have believed this to be a land ...