People
On this page, you will find an overview of people who are best known as groups (and not as individuals).
There are 59 items in People:
Nabataeans
Nabataeans: an Arab nation in modern Jordan; their capital was Petra.Prehistory An Arab. Relief from the East Stairs of the Apadana, Persepolis Among…Nebayot
Nebayot: name of an ancient tribal federation, living between Tayma and Duma. The Assyrian attack the Arabs The tribal federation of Nebayot used…Paeones
Paeones (Greek Παίονες) or Paeonians: mixed Thracian-Illyrian nation, living on the banks of the upper reaches of the rivers Axius and Strymon.Country Looking…Parni
Parni: nomad tribe from Central Asia, ancestors of the Parthians. A mounted archer The Central-Asian steppe has been the home of nomad…Pelasgians
Pelasgians (Greek Πελασγοί): legendary indigenous population of Greece.The Limits of Knowledge Herodotus The ancient Greeks only understood their direct neighbors. For example, the…Phoenicians
Phoenicians (Greek: Φοίνικες): Greek name of the inhabitants of the ancient cities of Aradus, Tripoli, Byblos, Berytus, Sidon, and Tyre. In the Iron Age, they founded colonies on Cyprus (Kition), on Sicily (Motya, Panormus), in Libya (Lepcis, Oea, Sabratha), in…Phrygians
Phrygians: an ancient nation in western Turkey. Their capital was Gordium.Origin Phrygian antefix Compared to several other nations in Anatolia, the Phrygians…Qedar
Qedar: name of an ancient tribal federation, living between Tadmor (Palmyra) and Duma. The Assyrian attack the Arabs The Qedarites were a…Sabines
Sabines (Greek: Σαβῖνοι): ancient people, living in the valley of the river Tiber. South-Etrurian aryballos with a centaur, found in a…Sadducees
The Sadducees (sedûqîm) were one of the three main Jewish political and religious movements in the years between c.150 BCE and 70 CE. (The other movements were the Essenes and the Pharisees.) They had a conservative outlook and accepted only…Sagartians
Sagartians (Old Persian Asagarta): a nomadic tribe in ancient Persia, probably living in the neighborhood of modern Yazd. A Sagartian Probably the…Samaritans
Samaritans: group of monotheists worshipping YHWH on Mount Gerizim. They are related to but not identical with the inhabitants of ancient Samaria.Samaritanism resembles Judaism, but there are several differences. Samaritans think that the temple of YHWH should not be on Mount…