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- Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...ew Bible]], the queen of [[Ahasuerus]] (commonly identified with [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] or [[...
5: ...name ''Esther'' is most likely related to the [[Medes|Median]] word for myrtle, ''astra'' and the [[Pe...
7: ...ad advised. In addition [[God]]'s workings are hidden in the events of the Book of Esther even though ...
9: ...[Ashtoreth]]. The names may nevertheless be coincidentally related, as the [[Semitic languages|Semitic...
12: ...min|Benjamite]]. She resided with her cousin [[Mordecai]], who held some office in the household of th... - Ziggurat (6043 bytes)
1: ...Iran dating back to the 5th millenia BC. Ziggurat designs ranged from simple bases upon which a [[temp...
5: ...et the temple closer to the [[heaven]]s, and provide access from the ground to it via steps.
7: ...arduk_ziggurat.jpg|frame|center|Reconstruction of Marduk Ziggurat, Babylon]]
9: ...ich (side flanked) were thought to have only ascended half the ziggurat's height.
11: ... final stage consisted of a 15 [[metre|meter]] hardened [[brick]] encasement constructed by [[Monarch|... - Babylonia (8254 bytes)
2: ...was an ancient [[state]] in [[Mesopotamia]] (in modern [[Iraq]]), combining the territories of [[Sumer...
5: ...He was a highly efficient ruler, famous for the code of laws that he laid down, and he gave the region...
7: ...e]] dynasty. Its cities continued for 100 years under different foreign rulers. Then, for some 500 yea...
11: ...ldean the following year. With help from the [[Medes]], [[Niniveh]] was sacked in 612, and the seat o...
13: ...on|Nebuchadnezzar II]], whose reign of 43 years made Babylon once more the mistress of the civilized w... - Babylon (9716 bytes)
4: ...name is the Greek form of ''[[Babel]],'' which is derived in turn from the [[Semitic]] form ''bab-Illu...
8: ...tury BC]] [[short chronology|short chr.]]), who made it the capital of his empire. Over the years its ...
10: ...syrian rule under [[Mushezib-Marduk]] and again under [[Shamash-shum-ukin]] but was besieged and taken...
14: [[Image:Babylon relief.jpg|right|thumb|Detail of the Ishtar Gate]]
16: ...lder son [[Shamash-shum-ukin]], who eventually headed a revolt against his brother [[Assur-bani-pal]] ... - 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. - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
1: ... himself as a new man, rarely referring to his predecessors, and he took the name '''Sharru-kinu''', t...
3: ... made a pact with the Chaldean [[Merodach-baladan|Marduk-apla-iddin]]. He freed all temples, as well as th...
4: ...argon was thus trying to gain support in Assyria, Marduk-apla-iddin conquered Babylon with the help of the...
6: ...red [[Gaza]] in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], destroyed [[Raphia]] and won a victory over Egyptian...
8: ... Kar-Nergal (Kishesim). He built new bases in [[Medes|Media]] as well, the main being Harhar and Kar-S... - Assyria (13688 bytes)
1: :''For the modern-day peoples in northern Iraq and neighboring ar...
3: ...ter, as a nation and Empire, it also came to include roughly the northern half of [[Mesopotamia]] (the...
8: ...as founded by Asshur the son of [[Shem]], who was deified by later generations as the city's patron go...
10: Besides Asshur, the other three royal Assyrian cities we...
12: ...Assyria as an independent kingdom was perhaps founded ca. [[1900 BC]] by Bel-kap-kapu.
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