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Fort Bend County Libraries’ spring educational series focusing on “Ancient Civilizations” will kick off with “Mesopotamia & Ancient Persia,” on Saturday, Jan. 21 from 2-4 p.m., in the Meeting Room of George Memorial Library in Richmond.
In this first program, architecture professor Sheba Akhtar will discuss how Mesopotamia became known as the “Cradle of Civilization” through its religion, writing, cities, art, and architecture. Attendees will learn about the emergence of agriculture in the “fertile crescent”; how ancient Persia was shaped by events such as the Babylonians’ destruction of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, the Persian Emperor Cyrus’s conquest of Babylon and reconstruction of the Jewish temple, and Alexander’s defeat of Persia and the burning of the Persian capital, Persepolis.
An assistant professor of architecture at Prairie View A&M University, Akhtar received her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania and taught art and architecture history for more than 20 years. She has practiced as an architect in the United States, England, Scotland, Jordan, and Pakistan. She is the author of Of Colour and Form and numerous articles on art and architecture.
The next program in the Ancient Civilizations series will take place on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Cinco Ranch Branch Library. The topic will be “Egypt.” Find more details at fortbend.lib.tx.us.
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