Between Two Rivers Quotes

“a total solar eclipse that happened on 15 June 763 bce, which happens to be the event that anchors all dates that follow and the handful of centuries just before.15”
― Moudhy Al-Rashid, Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History

“I have spent almost two decades immersed in the stories of those who lived along the Tigris and Euphrates. For every difficult or beautiful moment in my life over the course of those years, I managed to find someone from thousands of years ago who could relate. There’s some comfort in knowing that so many of the things we go through, so many of the things we feel, are timeless.”
― Moudhy Al-Rashid, Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History