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- Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
6: ==Development==
7: ...tating counter-clockwise all of the pictograms 90° in the process), and a new wedge-tipped stylus ...
9: ...iform tablets could be fired in [[kiln]]s to provide a permanent record, or they could be recycled if ...
11: ...ssyria]]ns to write their own languages and was widely used in [[Mesopotamia]] for about 3000 years, t...
13: ...nese]], written in a [[Chinese language|Chinese]] derived script; some of these Sinograms were used as... - Tower of Babel (13111 bytes)
1: ...x|"The Tower of Babel" by [[Pieter Brueghel the Elder]]]]
2: ...s a [[tower]] built by a united [[human]]ity in order to reach the [[heaven]]s. To prevent the project...
8: ...here confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the LORD scattered...
10: === Judeo-Christian analysis ===
11: ...called "[[Babel]]", because there [[YHWH]] confounded the one language of Earth. - Hebrews (6043 bytes)
2: ...e canaanites and the hebrews is a matter of great debate, touching as it does on strong religious sens...
6: ...ounter culture]] rather than an invading force. Indeed, should the Habiru be proven to be the same as ...
8: ...would still be contrary to the bible, as it would denote Jacob as a ruler of Egypt as well as over the...
10: ...anite [[El]]), who was thwarted by the wise god [[Enki]] (Babylonian [[Ea]]). Also, textual sources appe...
12: ... Thus although each theory has its supporters and detractors, the groups are by no means mutually excl... - Chaldean mythology (2527 bytes)
2: ... '''[[Babylonia]]n mythologies''', although [[Chaldea]] did not comprehend the whole territory inhabit...
4: ..., with [[anthropomorphic]] [[deity|gods]] or [[goddess]]es representing forces or presences in the wor...
6: ...r example, [[Ishtar|Inanna]]'s descent into the underworld strikingly recalls the story of [[Persephon...
9: ...o [[An (mythology)|An]], god of heaven and Ki, goddess of Earth (commonly referred to as [[Ninhursag]]...
11: ... Enlil's banishment, he fathered three underworld deities with Ninlil, most notably [[Nergal]]. - Cuneiform (script) (7717 bytes)
6: ==Development==
7: ...tating counter-clockwise all of the pictograms 90° in the process), and a new wedge-tipped stylus ...
9: ...iform tablets could be fired in [[kiln]]s to provide a permanent record, or they could be recycled if ...
11: ...ssyria]]ns to write their own languages and was widely used in [[Mesopotamia]] for about 3000 years, t...
13: ...nese]], written in a [[Chinese language|Chinese]] derived script; some of these Sinograms were used as... - Capricornus (6733 bytes)
2: ...[[Ptolemy]]. Under its modern boundaries it is bordered by [[Aquila (constellation)|Aquila]], [[Sagitt...
5: ...hose vertices are Giedi (α), Deneb Algedi (δ), and ω Capricorni.
8: .... The concern for the sun's rebirth might have rendered astronomical and astrological observation of t...
12: ... of sky as ''the Augean Stable'', where they considered the sun ''stabled'' during the year. The cause...
14: Due to the [[precession]] of the equinoxes, the December solstice no longer takes place while the su...
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