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- Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
2: ...he '''Cuneiform script''' is one of the earliest known forms of [[writing|written expression]]. Create...
4: ...[Akkadian language|Akkadian]], [[Elamite language|Elamite]], [[Hittite language|Hittite]] and [[Luwian l...
9: ...cord, or they could be recycled if permanence was not called for. Many of the tablets found by archaeo...
11: ... adopted by the [[Akkad]]ians, [[Babylon]]ians, [[Elam]]ites, [[Hittites]] and [[Assyria]]ns to write th...
13: ...anguage|Chinese]] derived script; some of these Sinograms were used as logograms, others as phonetic c... - Guitar (36953 bytes)
12: Guitars are widely known as the primary instrument in [[rock music]].
15: [[image:Elam-tar.jpg|thumb|left|Figurines playing the ancestor...
16: Instruments almost identical to what we know as the "guitar" have been popular for at least 5...
17: ...th century]]. ([http://www.iranian.com/Music/2002/November/Guitar/index.html See related article]).
22: ...tuning]] and a small guitar-style body, but it is not clear whether this represents a transitional for... - History of Sumer (5370 bytes)
3: ...ology. The best-known dynasty, that of Lagash, is not listed there at all.)
6: ...f [[Kish (Sumer)|Kish]], said to have conquered [[Elam]] and built the temple of Enlil in [[Nippur]]. H...
10: Another name from the King List, [[Mesannepada]] of [...
19: The so-called "Stele of the Vultures," now in the [[Louvre]], was erected as a monument of ...
21: ...ond the confines of Sumer. He overran a part of [[Elam]], took the city of Az on the [[Persian Gulf]], a... - Babylonia (8254 bytes)
7: ...d the strong Kingdom of Mari. But Mesopotamia had no clear boundaries, making it vulnerable to attack....
11: ...revolting at the slightest indication that it did not. However, the Assyrians always managed to resto...
15: ... all Persia, and was engaged in a campaign in the north of [[Mesopotamia]]. Meanwhile, Nabonidus had e...
17: ...for him in his absence. Gobryas was now made governor of the province of Babylon, and a few days after...
19: Cyrus now claimed to be the legitimate successor of the an... - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
1: ...s to confuse Iran with Iraq; so in 1959 Pahlavi announced that both Persia and Iran can be used interc...
11: ...tributary peoples to Assyria, [[Babylonia]], and another Aryan tribe, the [[Scythian]]s. The region of...
13: ... conquered territory from the native kingdom of [[Elam]], including the important region of [[Anshan (Pe...
15: ...arter, the king promised not to terrorize Babylon nor destroy its institutions and culture. Cyrus was ...
19: ...the Achaemenids, since the conquered peoples felt no need to revolt. - Sumer (14409 bytes)
2: ...y precede any other form of writing, and dates to no later than about [[3500 BCE]]
5: ...te]] in [[Linguistics]] because it belongs to no known language family, as compared, for example, to [...
12: ...over water rights, trade routes, and tribute from nomadic tribes.
16: ...h. In addition, his realm extended to parts of [[Elam]] and along the Persian Gulf.
21: ...BC]]. The Kassites were in turn defeated by the [[Elamites]] around [[1150 BC]]. - Akkadian Empire (9189 bytes)
2: ...arsid]] (or Urumus) who "subdued [[Elamite Empire|Elam]] and Barahs." But the fame of these early establ...
4: ...e spoils of the conquered lands. [[Elam]] and the northern part of Mesopotamia were also subjugated, a...
6: ...y the [[Pharaoh]]s of [[Egypt]] - whose territory now adjoined that of Babylonia.
10: ...ble that the first collection of [[astronomy|astronomical]] observations and terrestrial omens was mad...
12: ...ow whether he followed his father on the throne. Another son was high-priest of the city of Tutu, and ... - Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
1: ... basket, a child of a temple prostitute and an unknown father. Sargon is the name given by the [[Bible...
4: ...-iddin conquered Babylon with the help of the new Elamite king [[Ummanigash]] and was crowned king in 72...
6: In 720 Sargon moved against Elam, but the Assyrian host was defeated near Der. Lat...
10: ... been weakened by incursions of the Cimmerians, a nomadic steppe tribe. One Urartian army had been com...
12: ...her's intelligence service, that unfortunately cannot be dated exactly, but are believed to have been ... - Cuneiform (script) (7717 bytes)
2: ...he '''Cuneiform script''' is one of the earliest known forms of [[writing|written expression]]. Create...
4: ...[Akkadian language|Akkadian]], [[Elamite language|Elamite]], [[Hittite language|Hittite]] and [[Luwian l...
9: ...cord, or they could be recycled if permanence was not called for. Many of the tablets found by archaeo...
11: ... adopted by the [[Akkad]]ians, [[Babylon]]ians, [[Elam]]ites, [[Hittites]] and [[Assyria]]ns to write th...
13: ...anguage|Chinese]] derived script; some of these Sinograms were used as logograms, others as phonetic c... - Timeline of Middle Eastern History (12425 bytes)
1: ...ddle East with its particular characteristics was not to emerge until late [[2nd millennium|second mil...
27: ...<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Dating Creation|1]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
47: * Jewish chronology dates [[creation (theology)|creation]] to [[2...
52: ...|34th century]]), the earliest historical person known by name.
70: ...aq]]: Creation of the Kingdom of [[Elamite Empire|Elam]] - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
1: :''For biblical characters named Elam, see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]].''
4: ...2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning around [[3200 BC]].
8: ... offspring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]] (see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]]).
10: ...he Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which means "Elam."
12: ==Elamite language== - Step pyramid (3866 bytes)
2: ...emerged separately from one another, as there was no connection between the different civilizations th...
7: ...re built by the [[Sumer]]ians, [[Babylon]]ians, [[Elam]]ites and [[Assyria]]ns as monuments to local rel...
11: ...(an earlier form of tomb structure), one atop of another. Later pharaohs, including Sekhemkhet and Kha...
13: ...uilt as such from scratch, and it was with this innovation that the age of Egyptian stepped pyramids c...
18: ...amid of Cholula]] and of the [[Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan]]. - Assyria (13688 bytes)
1: :''For the modern-day peoples in northern Iraq and neighboring areas, see [[Assyrian]...
3: ...n and Empire, it also came to include roughly the northern half of [[Mesopotamia]] (the southern half ...
5: Assyria proper was located in a mountainous region, extending along the Tigris as far as th...
8: ... of the kingdom of Assyria, little is positively known. According to some traditions, the city Ashshur...
12: ...s region seems to have been ruled from [[Akkad]] (northern Babylonia) in its earliest stages, being pa...
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