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- Uruk (2699 bytes)
1: {{For|uses in the fiction of Tolkien|Uruk-hai}}
3: ...anal, in a region of marshes, about 140 miles SSE from [[Baghdad]].
4: The modern name of Iraq is derived from the name Uruk.
8: ...tant part in the political history of the country from an early time, exercising hegemony in Babylonia...
10: ... preserved in the Sumerian king-list confirms it. From Uruk the center of political gravity seems to h...
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- Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
2: ...οταμία, translated from [[Old Persian]] ''Miyanrudan'' "the Land betwee...
8: These civilizations arose from earlier settlements and cultures which were amo... - History of Sumer (5370 bytes)
6: ...riptions have been found bearing some early names from the King List. The first name on the List whos...
8: Some of the earliest monuments from [[Lagash]] mention a certain [[Mesilim]], king ...
10: Another name from the King List, [[Mesannepada]] of [[Ur]] seems ...
14: ... [[Dilmun]] (Bahrain) brought him wood as tribute from foreign lands.
29: ...ed by Entemena to his god is now in the Louvre. A frieze of lions devouring ibexes and deer, incised w... - Ziggurat (6043 bytes)
1: ...k to the 5th millenia BC. Ziggurat designs ranged from simple bases upon which a [[temple]] sat, to ma...
3: [[Image:White_ziggurat.jpg|frame|center|White Temple at Uruk (Sumer)]]
5: ...ple closer to the [[heaven]]s, and provide access from the ground to it via steps.
7: [[Image:Marduk_ziggurat.jpg|frame|center|Reconstruction of Marduk Ziggurat, Baby...
13: [[Image:Marduk02.jpg|frame|center|Marduk Ziggurat, Babylon]] - Babylonia (8254 bytes)
11: ...sar]] the Chaldean the following year. With help from the [[Medes]], [[Niniveh]] was sacked in 612, a...
13: ...the mistress of the civilized world. Only a small fragment of his annals has been discovered, relating...
15: ...tablished a camp in the desert, near the southern frontier of his kingdom, leaving his son [[Belshazza...
17: ... Babylon without fighting." Nabonidus was dragged from his hiding-place, and Kurdish guards were place...
19: ...abonidus in removing the images of the local gods from their ancestral shrines, to his capital Babylon... - Sumer (14409 bytes)
2: ...ir'') formed the southern part of [[Mesopotamia]] from the time of settlement by the Sumerians until t...
5: ...adian language|Akkadian]] which belongs to the [[Afro-Asiatic languages]].
12: ...fare over water rights, trade routes, and tribute from nomadic tribes.
18: ...g it his capital, and claimed an empire extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean. He is t...
24: ...l]]s, [[millet]], [[wheat]], [[turnip]]s, [[Date (fruit)|date]]s, [[onion]]s, [[garlic]], [[lettuce]],... - Sargon of Akkad (2071 bytes)
8: From the [[Kings of Sumer|Sumerian king list]]: "In ... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
29: ...ificantly expanding it and transforming it from a fresh-water landlocked lake into a salt water sea.
51: ...on of [[Sahara]]. The shift by the Sahara Desert from a habitable region to a barren desert.
76: ... Major migration of Central Saharans into [[West Africa]] possibly due to [[climate change]] starting ...
102: * The [[Cushites]] drive the original inhabitants from [[Ethiopia]], and establish trade relations wit...
136: ...f the Caliphate under [[Al-Walid I]], who reigned from [[705]] - [[715]] ]] - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding...
10: ...cial name [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which mea...
19: ...C]]. But we can only really trace Elamite history from records dating to beginning of the [[Akkadian E...
57: ...anced with federalism must have suffered, and the fraternal, sectional strife that so weakened Elam in...
60: ...ng the sack of Susa in 647 BCE. Here, flames rise from the city as Assyrian soldiers topple it with pi... - Uruk (2699 bytes)
1: {{For|uses in the fiction of Tolkien|Uruk-hai}}
3: ...anal, in a region of marshes, about 140 miles SSE from [[Baghdad]].
4: The modern name of Iraq is derived from the name Uruk.
8: ...tant part in the political history of the country from an early time, exercising hegemony in Babylonia...
10: ... preserved in the Sumerian king-list confirms it. From Uruk the center of political gravity seems to h...
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