Babylonia
There are 354 items in Babylonia:
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Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis
Yesterday, I visited the Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire / Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis in Brussels, one of my favorite museums in Belgium. I have been there quite often, but this was the first time that all the…Bustan esh-Sheikh
Bustan esh-Sheikh: sanctuary, dedicated to Eshmun, near Sidon. The Greeks called it "the grove of Asclepius". Babylonian and Persian terraces Situated just…Byblos
Byblos (Hebrew גבל; Greek Βύβλος): one of the oldest cities in the world, inhabited from the Neolithic until the Middle Ages, modern Jubayl.Origins …Byblos, Well
Byblos (Hebrew גבל; Greek Βύβλος): one of the oldest cities in the world, occupied from the Neolithic until the Middle Ages, modern Jubayl. …Calendar, Babylonian
Babylonian Calendar: the first calendar to use the "Cycle of Meton".Like all other calendars, the Babylonian calendar had twelve lunar months (about 354 days) and a problem to make these fit the solar year (about 365 days). In the western…Capture of Babylon (Behistun)
Darius I (Old Persian Dârayavauš): king of ancient Persia, whose reign lasted from 522 to 486. He seized power after killing king Gaumâta, fought a civil war (described in the Behistun inscription), and was finally able to refound the Achaemenid…Capture of Babylon (Herodotus)
Darius I (Old Persian Dârayavauš): king of ancient Persia, whose reign lasted from 522 to 486. He seized power after killing king Gaumâta, fought a civil war (described in the Behistun inscription), and was finally able to refound the Achaemenid…Chaldaeans
Chaldaean dynasty: modern name for the last dynasty of independent Babylonia. Its kings ruled from 626 to 539. Relief of Nabonidus…Charax
Alexandria in Susiana or Charax: city at the head of the Persian Gulf. modern Khayaber. Charax Alexandria in Susiana was founded in…Chicago, Oriental Institute
The Museum of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has a large collection of finds from excavation in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, and Turkey, Among the most famous objects are the Megiddo Ivories, bronzes from Luristan, a…CM 14 (Aššur-reša-iši Chronicle)
The Chronicle of Aššur-reš-iši is a fragment of an Assyrian chronicle; the tablet was found in Aššur. It describes the war of king Aššur-reš-iši (r.1133-1115) against the Babylonian king Ninurta-nadin-šumi (r.1132-1126).For a very brief introduction to the literary genre of…