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Ancient OriginsAO THROWBACK - The Fertile Crescent is the name given to the arc-shaped area of land that stretched across the Middle East from the northern end of the Gulf in the East to the Nile Valley in the West. <a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/fertile-crescent-0010488" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/fertile-crescent-0010488</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientOrigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AncientOrigins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historyfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historyfacts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historylovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historylovers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historymatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historymatters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancienthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancienthistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AncientHistory</a>

💧🌏 Greg CocksA Wall Or A Road? A Remote Sensing-Based Investigation Of Fortifications On Rome's Eastern Frontier [using Cold War imagery] -- <a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.153" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.153</a> <-- shared paper -- <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spatial</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#remotesensing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/imagery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#imagery</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#satellite</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColdWar</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#roman</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/romanhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romanhistory</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ancienthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancienthistory</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CORONA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CORONA</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HEXAGON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HEXAGON</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/declassified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#declassified</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/U2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#U2</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geoint</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/militaryhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#militaryhistory</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/militaryintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#militaryintelligence</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/forts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forts</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/romanempire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romanempire</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/romanforts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romanforts</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/romanarmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romanarmy</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/easternfrontier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#easternfrontier</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#survey</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/USGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USGS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spysatellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spysatellite</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/defensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#defensive</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#syria</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/steepe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#steepe</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#desert</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> @USGS

Tech news from CanadaArs Technica: I spy with my Cold War satellite eye… nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1979549" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/?p=1979549</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/arstechnica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arstechnica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/archaeologicalremotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeologicalremotesensing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/aerialarchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aerialarchaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/spysatellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spysatellite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/romanempire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romanempire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Romanforts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Romanforts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋"Here we employ a sample of ancient Near Eastern cities dated between about 6000 BC and AD 1000 using settled area as a proxy for city population and relate this to estimates of regional population and prevailing climate to examine their long-term relationship."Lawrence D, Philip G, Hunt H, Snape-Kennedy L, Wilkinson TJ (2016) Long Term Population, City Size and Climate Trends in the Fertile Crescent: A First Approximation. PLOS ONE 11(3): e0152563. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152563" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152563</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OA</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Article</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ancient</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/NearEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NearEast</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turkey</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Population</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Academic</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Academics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/archaeodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@archaeodons</a>

Matt WillemsenNew language database narrows search for first speakers of Indo-European The study proposes a compromise solution to long-standing debate over origins of this incredibly widespread language family Before 8000 years ago, Fertile Crescent farmers spoke and began to spread Indo-European variants, which nomadic herders picked up and carried across the northern steppe roughly 2000 years later. <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/new-language-database-narrows-search-first-speakers-indo-european" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/content/article/new-language-database-narrows-search-first-speakers-indo-european</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/IndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#database</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a>

katch wreck"Officials who question why contract prices are inflated receive warnings, including one who objected to a power plant in northern Salahaddin province that was overvalued by $600 million. He got a call when it became clear he would not sign off on the deal, he said.Be careful, he was told." <a href="https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-elections-iraq-baghdad-177d3284c87d892ac4f9f56140f13331#:~:text=Officials%20who%20question,he%20was%20told" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-elections-iraq-baghdad-177d3284c87d892ac4f9f56140f13331#:~:text=Officials%20who%20question,he%20was%20told</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/middleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#middleEast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energyEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energyEconomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kickbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kickbacks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shadyDeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shadyDeals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iraqWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iraqWar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saddamHussein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#saddamHussein</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prosperity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prosperity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/embezzlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#embezzlement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/offTheBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#offTheBooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accountability</a>

Jens Notroff<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CatContent</a>! 😺Once we went full-farming, rodent-catching felines became our welcome furry friends (or we their service staff)."Feline <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genetics</a> pinpoint first-ever <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/domestication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#domestication</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cats</a>" c. 10,000 years ago in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a>:<a href="https://phys.org/news/2022-12-feline-genetics-first-ever-domestication-cats.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2022-12-feline-genetics-first-ever-domestication-cats.html</a> via @physorg_com@twitter.com

Stone PagesFeline genetics help pinpoint first-ever domestication* of cats (*semi-domestication? see paragraph 7) <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/catgaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#catgaze</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/FertileCrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FertileCrescent</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2022-12-feline-genetics-first-ever-domestication-cats.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2022-12-feline-genetics-first-ever-domestication-cats.html</a>

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