Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid

Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here.

Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here.

Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here.

Absolutely, yes. And as you said, there are so many different fields of science in ancient Mesopotamia that includes things like medicine, as well as astronomy, and then later mathematical astronomy. So it's a huge field, and I'm so excited to get to talk to you about some of it today.

Absolutely, yes. And as you said, there are so many different fields of science in ancient Mesopotamia that includes things like medicine, as well as astronomy, and then later mathematical astronomy. So it's a huge field, and I'm so excited to get to talk to you about some of it today.

Absolutely, yes. And as you said, there are so many different fields of science in ancient Mesopotamia that includes things like medicine, as well as astronomy, and then later mathematical astronomy. So it's a huge field, and I'm so excited to get to talk to you about some of it today.

Yes, absolutely. And I think that's kind of from a, if you think of it from a more general approach to knowledge, knowledge production, natural phenomena in general, that there really is a lot of overlap and a lot of common denominators in how they try to make sense of the world. And one of those common denominators is that they phrased a lot of their observations about the world as omens.

Yes, absolutely. And I think that's kind of from a, if you think of it from a more general approach to knowledge, knowledge production, natural phenomena in general, that there really is a lot of overlap and a lot of common denominators in how they try to make sense of the world. And one of those common denominators is that they phrased a lot of their observations about the world as omens.

Yes, absolutely. And I think that's kind of from a, if you think of it from a more general approach to knowledge, knowledge production, natural phenomena in general, that there really is a lot of overlap and a lot of common denominators in how they try to make sense of the world. And one of those common denominators is that they phrased a lot of their observations about the world as omens.

And that is across a lot of different disciplines, but in particular medicine and astronomy in the very early period. So instead of just having a text that says, The moon's cycle is 28 days, and this is the layout of the land.

And that is across a lot of different disciplines, but in particular medicine and astronomy in the very early period. So instead of just having a text that says, The moon's cycle is 28 days, and this is the layout of the land.

And that is across a lot of different disciplines, but in particular medicine and astronomy in the very early period. So instead of just having a text that says, The moon's cycle is 28 days, and this is the layout of the land.

They're phrased as observations about the moon, how visible it is, whether there's an eclipse, paired with a prediction of something to happen on Earth, and similar with medical symptoms as well, although those tend to be more related to the body.

They're phrased as observations about the moon, how visible it is, whether there's an eclipse, paired with a prediction of something to happen on Earth, and similar with medical symptoms as well, although those tend to be more related to the body.

They're phrased as observations about the moon, how visible it is, whether there's an eclipse, paired with a prediction of something to happen on Earth, and similar with medical symptoms as well, although those tend to be more related to the body.

Absolutely. There is a lot of change. And in particular, in the first millennium BCE, so from 900 BCE to about 100 CE, there's a lot of innovation that happens in how people approach the world and how they write about it as well.

Absolutely. There is a lot of change. And in particular, in the first millennium BCE, so from 900 BCE to about 100 CE, there's a lot of innovation that happens in how people approach the world and how they write about it as well.

Absolutely. There is a lot of change. And in particular, in the first millennium BCE, so from 900 BCE to about 100 CE, there's a lot of innovation that happens in how people approach the world and how they write about it as well.

Not trying to be as complete, for example, as they were in the previous millennium and trying to kind of use different ways of understanding the world to connect different elements of it. So it's really interesting innovation.

Not trying to be as complete, for example, as they were in the previous millennium and trying to kind of use different ways of understanding the world to connect different elements of it. So it's really interesting innovation.