Ancient Near East

HISTORICAL TIME CHART (Biblical and Historical)

2090 B.C. - 70 A.D. [Old Babylonian Period] Bible History Online...

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Nebuchadnezzar I

There soon emerged a new line of rulers who had descended from Isin, who were known as the second dynasty of Isin. At this time Babylon became the capital again, and it was at Babylon that the most important members of this dynasty reigned. One of the great rulers in this time period who had become a legend in Babylonian tradition was Nebuchadnezza...

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Tiglath pileser III

During Nabu-nasir's reign a great Assyrian king named Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 BC) marched right into Babylonia and took the crown for himself. [Neo Babylonian Period] Bible History Online...

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Ashurbanipal

After Sennacherib had died, Babylon and the surrounding territories were so appalled over the fact that he had sacked Babylon, that his successors found it very difficult to establish any sort of peace. A major rebellion broke out and lasted for four years (652-648 BC) during the reign of Shamash-shuma-ukin, an Assyrian king who had been placed to ...

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Law and Justice in Ancient Babylon

Shamash, Legal Documents, Disputes, Criminals and more. [Ancient Babylonia] Bible History Online...

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia was known as "The land between the rivers", which was a name given by Polybius and Strabo of the lands lying between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. [Ancient Babylonia] Bible History Online...

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Petra: Myth and Reality

[Mesopotamia] [Places]...

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Religion, Law Science and the Arts

Religion, law, science and the arts altered very little. The three main gods, An, Enlil and Enki (Ea in Akkadian) headed the pantheon of gods, but when Babylon rose as a dynasty the chief God of that city was Marduk. Marduk rose in status almost to that of Enki, who was said to be his father. [Old Babylonian Period] Bible History Online...

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Middle Babylonian Period

Various dynasties and culture [Middle Babylonian Period] Bible History Online...

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The Aramaeans

Toward the end of the millennium Babylonia was raided continuously by a group of nomads called the Aramaeans. Gradually the Aramaeans created so much chaos and confusion across the Babylonian plain that Babylonia entered into another dark phase in her history. Their effects were felt for a long time to come. [Middle Babylonian Period] Bible History...

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