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- Esther (5002 bytes)
5: ...ved the name Esther by which she was hence forth known. ''Hadassah'' means "[[myrtle]]" in [[Hebrew la...
9: The [[Targum]] provides another Midrashic explanation claiming that she was a...
19: ... defeated in the [[Greco-Persian Wars]]. He makes no reference to individual members of the Harem with...
21: .... Critics of this view point out that nothing is known with certainty about Elamite religion and that ...
26: * [[Ishtar]], [[Marduk]] - Ziggurat (6043 bytes)
7: ...arduk_ziggurat.jpg|frame|center|Reconstruction of Marduk Ziggurat, Babylon]]
9: ...]] color, matching the tops of the tiers. It is known that there were three staircases leading to the...
13: [[Image:Marduk02.jpg|frame|center|Marduk Ziggurat, Babylon]]
15: ... [[spiral]] [[ramp]] from [[base]] to [[summit]]. Notable examples of this structure include the ruins...
17: ...ce.</center>]]The [[Mesopotamia]]n ziggurats were not the place of public [[worship]] or [[ceremonies]... - 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: ... religion of Babylonia in the temple of Merodach (Marduk) at Babylon, and while he had thus alienated the ... - Babylon (9716 bytes)
8: ...and population waned. For centuries it was just another provincial town, until it became the capital ...
10: ...belled against the Assyrian rule under [[Mushezib-Marduk]] and again under [[Shamash-shum-ukin]] but was b...
18: ...throw of the Assyrian empire the Babylonians saw another example of divine vengeance.
31: ...tions, and created the foundations of modern astronomy and mathematics. However, under the reign of [[...
35: ...ting of this invasion notes a ruling by Alexander not to enter the homes of its inhabitants. - Tower of Babel (13111 bytes)
2: ...t communicate with one another and the work could not proceed. After that time, people moved away to d...
8: ...their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad f...
11: ...This community settled in the land of [[Shinar]], not far from the [[Euphrates]] River. Here they buil...
15: The supposed one language is also known as the [[Adamic language]]. Along history, seve...
23: ...ere is no statue of any kind set up in the place, nor is the chamber occupied of nights by any one but... - 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...
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...
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 ... - 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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