Iraq
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Berossus
Berossus (Akkadian Bêl-re'ušunu): Babylonian priest, who wrote a Greek history of Babylonia in the first half of the third century BCE. …Berossus on Nebuchadnezzar
The third book of Berossus' Babylonian history we find accounts of the reigns of several kings. One of these is the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562). Unfortunately, Berossus' own account is lost, but it was summarized by the Jewish historian…Berossus on the Creation
The first book of Berossus' Babylonian history begins with a description of the creation of the world and humankind, based on the epic Enûma êliš, and includes the story of Oannes, who taught wisdom to man, and a Babylonian bestiary.…
Bistam |
Borsippa, Ziggurat |
Bronze plaque of Assyrian horses and rider |
Buran |
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…
The Caspian Sea at Ramsar |
Chaldaeans
Chaldaean dynasty: modern name for the last dynasty of independent Babylonia. Its kings ruled from 626 to 539. Relief of Nabonidus…