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Assyrians

beginnings of Jewish Diaspora. [Mesopotamia] [People]...

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The Hebrews

The ancient Middle East and Mesopotamia was a dynamically multicultural society composed of small, often insignificant kingdoms frequently torn between the forces of mighty empires, from Babylon to Egypt to Greece to Rome. But one of these small kingdoms, for the most part utterly insignificant in the drama of early civilization, became through its...

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Nebuchadnezzar II

(r. 605""562 bc), greatest king of the neo-Babylonian, or Chaldean, dynasty, who conquered much of southwestern Asia; known also for his extensive building in the major cities of Babylonia. [Mesopotamia] [People]...

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Medical Arts in Ancient Mesopotamia

The ancient Babylonians developed a systematic practice of the Medical Arts. Writings found on cuneiform tablets include specific herbal remedies to treat eye infections, intestinal disorders and other maladies. In 1990, archeologists working in Iraq discovered the remains of an enormous temple (c. 1300 bce), nearly the size of a football field, de...

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The Hebrews

[Mesopotamia] [People]...

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New Societies in West Asia

[Mesopotamia] [People]...

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Chaldeans: Historical Background

Information on history, language, and religion. [Mesopotamia] [People]...

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The Persians

[Mesopotamia] [People]...

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Cyrus the Great

Artwork and information. Has info about cylinder.[Mesopotamia] [People]...

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Sumerians of Mesopotamia

These Sumerians were constantly at war with one another and other peoples, for water was a scarce and valuable resource. The result over time of these wars was the growth of larger city-states as the more powerful swallowed up the smaller city-states. Eventually, the Sumerians would have to battle another peoples, the Akkadians, who migrated up fro...

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