Ancient Near East

Yale Law School with text of Hammurabi's Code

information on Mesopotamia, Sumer, and Hammurabi [People in History] [Searches and Tools]...

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Babylonian Clay Tablets, with cuneiform inscriptions

Samples of Babylonian Clay Tablets, with cuneiform inscriptions, dating from 2350 B.C. These tablets are original temple receipts. [Florida State Univ.]...

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Yale Law School with Babylonian background

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Cuneiform Inscription on a smal Babylonian clay tablet

An expert working at the British Museum has confirmed the existence of an important Biblical figure after deciphering a cuneiform inscription on a small Babylonian clay tablet. Austrian Assyriologist Dr Michael Jursa made the breakthrough discovery confirming the existence of a Babylonian official mentioned in the Old Testament and connected to ...

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Persia

Deals with the Persian Empire [People in History] [Tools and Searches]...

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Sparta

Deals with the Persian War [People in History] [Tools and Searches]...

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Athens

Deals with the Persian War. Ancient Athens Athenian Rule Important Army [People in History] [Tools and Searches]...

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The Battle of Issus or Battle of Alexander and the Persians

Details of mosaic from Naples, Italy. They depict a battle between Alexander the Great and Darius III, king of Persia. Photo gallery of 12 pictures for "Mosaic of the Battle of Issus" [Ancient Egypt] [Images]...

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Alexander the Great Photo Gallery

Photos: Istanbul Archaeological Museums: Alexander the Great Photo Gallery by Andrys Basten at pbase.com [Ancient Near East] [Images]...

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Xerxes

Born about 465 BC, to Darius Hystaspis and Atossa, daughter of Cyrus the Great. He was king of Persia from 486-465 BC. He tried to continue his father`s plans to conquer Greece from 483-480 BC, after which he returned to Persia. [Famous Battles] [Ancient Greece]...

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