Ancient Near East

Coins references/bibliography

numismatic references. [Ancient Near East] [Coins]...

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Babylonian calendar

The ancient Babylonians used a calendar with alternating 29- and 30-day months. This system required the addition of an extra month three times every eight years, and as a further adjustment the king would periodically order the insertion of an additional extra month into the calendar....

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Other calendars used in the ancient Near East

Of the calendars of other peoples of the ancient Near East, very little is known. Thus, though the names of all or of some months are known, their order is not. The months were probably everywhere lunar, but evidence for intercalation is often lacking; the Assyrians, the Hittites and Iran....

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New Societies in West Asia

[Mesopotamia] [People]...

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Genesis in Sumer

History of the Sumerians and their origin. [Mesopotamia] [Places]...

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Ancient Near East: Empires from 700-300 BCE (map)

map. Shockwave. (University of Oregon) [Mesopotamia] [Places]...

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Nippur At The Center Of The World

[Mesopotamia] [Places]...

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Time-Line for the History of Judaism

Timeline of Jewish History [Mesopotamia] [People]...

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Gudea of Lagash

Of all the rulers of ancient Mesopotamia, Gudea, ensi (governor) of Lagash, emerges the most clearly across the millennia due to the survival of many of his religious texts and statues. He ruled his city-state in southeast Iraq for twenty years, bringing peace and prosperity at a time when the Guti, tribesmen from the northeastern mountains, occupi...

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The Persians

[Mesopotamia] [People]...

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