Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

NIMROD’S BABYLON Post-diluvial civilization began, as one might expect, not far from where the ark landed in the mountains of Ararat – that is, in Mesopotamia, at the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates. Perhaps the earliest state discovered by archaeologists was that centred on Arslantepe in south-east Turkey, where a king’s throne and signs…