In this "world," the people inhabiting Mesopotamia—what is now Iraq and part of Syria—believed ... Imago Mundi is an ancient map that not only opens the door to understanding Babylonian ...

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

Will Syria be different? If you have a mental map of the Middle East ... Now, although it still has partners in Iraq and Yemen, it resembles a general with a collapsing army.