Mesopotamia has been home to some of the oldest major civilizations, entering historicity from the Early Bronze Age, for which reason it is often dubbed the "cradle of civilization". The rise of the first cities in southern Mesopotamia dates to the Chalcolithi...

he telephone (from the Greek: τῆλε, tēle, "far" and φωνή, phōnē, "voice") is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sound, most commonly the human voice. It is one of the most common household appliances in the developed world, and has long be...