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- Sargon II of Assyria (8855 bytes)
1: ...asket, a child of a temple prostitute and an unknown father. Sargon is the name given by the [[Bible]...
3: ... all temples, as well as the inhabitants of the towns of [[Assur]] and [[Harran]] from taxes.
4: ...of the new Elamite king [[Ummanigash]] and was crowned king in 721.
6: ...al of the new province of Samerina and settled it with Arabs.
8: ...ar and Kar-Sharrukin. In 715, others were to follow: Kar-[[Nabu]], Kar-[[Sin]] and Kar-[[Ishtar]], al... - Red deer (16671 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Wapiti}}<br/>{{StatusConcern}}
17: ...wnee]] name for this animal meaning 'white rump'. Wapiti are a subspecies of the European red deer.
19: ...urope the red deer is on average smaller than the wapiti. Nevertheless, it is [[United Kingdom|Britai...
21: ...ry III]], although deer were still preserved by law for the sport of the monarch until the [[19th cen...
24: ... and walking in parallel. If neither stag backs down a clash of antlers can occur, and stags sometime... - Leopard (7605 bytes)
16: ...tween 30 and 70 kg. Females are typically around two-thirds the size of males.
18: Most leopards are light tan or fawn with black spots, but their coats are very variable...
20: ...ed to the usual spotted one. "Panthers", in other words, are dark-furred leopards (or a dark form of ...
22: ...ica (with the exception of the Sahara Desert), as well as parts of Asia Minor and the Middle East, In...
24: ...ed for their safety because leopards have been known to crave dog-meat. They are excellent tree climb... - Bengal Tigers (2114 bytes)
16: ...telope]]s, [[cattle]], young [[elephant]]s, and [[Water Buffalo|buffalo]].
20: ...er population of India now numbers about 3,500, down from 5,000 in the 1970s. [[The Sundarbans]] man... - Leopards (8935 bytes)
15: ...tween 30 and 70 kg. Females are typically around two-thirds the size of males.
17: Most leopards are light tan or fawn with black spots, but their coats are very variable...
19: ...ed to the usual spotted one. "Panthers", in other words, are simply dark-furred leopards (or a dark f...
21: ...(with the exception of the [[Sahara Desert]]), as well as parts of [[Asia Minor]] and the [[Middle Ea...
23: ...ed for their safety because leopards have been known to crave dog-meat. They are excellent tree climb... - Siberian Tigers (2579 bytes)
16: ...r-leopard.org/distribution.html] where they are now being actively protected.
18: ...population in the aforementioned Siberian reserve was 250 in 1992, increasing to 350 as of 2004, desp...
20: ...al population of these tigers is about 250 in the wild today, many subpopulations are likely no longe...
22: ... from other tigers by their paler fur and dark brown, rather than black, stripes.
25: *[http://www.5tigers.org/AllAboutTigers/Subspecies/amur.htm Al... - Tigers (12435 bytes)
15: ...<!-- A tiger's head often carries the symbol of [[Wang]] (king). Huh?-->
19: ...8'6" and 10'9") in length, and the females are between 2.3 and 2.75 metres (7'6" and 9') in length. O...
21: [[image:White-tiger.jpg|left|thumb|275px|White Tiger]]
23: ...uration of normal tigers, and stripes that are brown. This variation in colour is very rare, and only...
25: ... serving to hide these animals from their prey (few large animals have colour vision as capable as th... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
1: ... biblical characters named Elam, see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]].''
4: ...dered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], with a preceding [[Proto-Elamite]] period beginning...
8: ...of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]] (see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]]).
10: ...erived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', which means "Elam."
13: ...ppan]] civilisation found in the Indus Valley somewhat to the East, but such links are at best conjec... - Assyria (13688 bytes)
5: Assyria proper was located in a mountainous region, extending alon...
8: ...ur was founded by Asshur the son of [[Shem]], who was deified by later generations as the city's patr...
10: ...des Asshur, the other three royal Assyrian cities were [[Calah]] and [[Nineveh]], also near the Tigri...
12: ...nasty of Ur]]. Assyria as an independent kingdom was perhaps founded ca. [[1900 BC]] by Bel-kap-kapu...
15: ...t entirely clear) and textiles from Assyria, that were traded for precious metals in Anatolia. - Nineveh (10193 bytes)
3: ...he eastern hills. This whole extensive space is now one immense area of ruins.
5: ...an, thus uniting the East and the West, wealth flowed into it from many sources, so that it became on...
8: ... successive monarchs kept in repair and founded new palaces, temples to [[Sin]], [[Nergal]], [[Nanna]...
10: ...erected by the same monarch were discovered at Jerwan, about 40 km (25 miles) distant.
12: ...ond Assyrian Empire|Assyrian empire]] began to show signs of
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