Babylonia
There are 354 items in Babylonia:
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Herodotus on Cyrus' capture of Babylon
In October 539 BCE, the Persian king Cyrus took Babylon, the ancient capital of an empire covering modern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. In a broader sense, Babylon was the ancient world's capital of scholarship and science. The subject provinces…Herodotus, bk 1, logos 3
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.480-c.429 BCE): Greek researcher, often called the world's first historian. In The Histories, he describes the expansion of the Achaemenid Empire under its kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, and Darius I the Great, culminating in Xerxes' expedition to Greece (480 BCE), which met with disaster…Historiography
Historiography: the study of the way historians have tried to render account of their past.Ancient Near East Clio, the Muse of…Isaiah on Cyrus
In October 539 BCE, the Persian king Cyrus took Babylon, the ancient capital of an oriental empire covering modern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. In a broader sense, Babylon was the ancient world's capital of scholarship and science. The subject…Jehoiachin in Babylonia
One of the last kings of Judah, Jehoiachin (r.598-597) was taken captive by the Babylonians (2 Kings 24.15; ABC 5) and lived in exile in the country of the conquerors. However, he was released, and a couple of cuneiform tablets…Karchemish
Karchemish: ancient city on the east bank of the river Euphrates, capital of a Neohittite kingdom.Country The Euphrates at Birecek, north…Kassites / Cossaeans
Kassites (Akkadian Kaššu): tribal federation living in the Zagros mountains, in modern Luristan. In the seventeenth century BCE, they threatened Babylonia, which they captured in the fifteenth century. More than a millennium later, they are mentioned - now called Cossaeans…Kidinnu, the Chaldaeans, and Babylonian Astronomy
Kidinnu or Cidenas: famous Babylonian astronomer (fourth century BCE?).Babylonian Astronomy Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning…Labaši-Marduk
Neriglissar: king of ancient Babylonia, ruled 556.The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar died in 562 and was succeeded in by his son Amel-Marduk, who was almost immediately assassinated and replaced by his brother-in-law Neriglissar. When he died in 556, he was succeeded by his…Lamassu (bull-man)
Lamassu: Babylonian protective demon with a bull's body, eagle's wings, and a human head. A lamassu from Khorsabad The name lamassu is…Leiden, Rijksmuseum voor Oudheden
The Dutch national collection of antiquities has, of course, many archaeological finds from the Netherlands, but there are also an excellent Egyptological collection, a small set of Etruscan objects, and good collections of Greek and Roman art. The department of…