Iraq
There are 608 items in Iraq:
Ctesiphon, Iwan |
Ctesiphon, Iwan |
Ctesiphon, Sasanian relief of a boar |
Ctesiphon, Sasanian wall frieze |
Curtius Rufus on Alexander entering Babylon
On 21 or 22 October 331, Alexander entered Babylon, the old capital of the ancient Near East. The longest description is that of the Roman author Quintus Curtius Rufus, who based his account on earlier, Greek sources. It should be…Curtius Rufus on the election of Arrhidaeus
At the end of book ten his History of Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Quintus Curtius Rufus describes what happened in the days following Alexander's death: Perdiccas was chosen as regent for Alexander's brother Arrhidaeus. The regency was necessary, because…Curtius Rufus on the rape of the Babylonian women
On 21 or 22 October 331, Alexander entered Babylon, the old capital of the ancient Near East. He had promised that the houses of the city would be left intact, but this did not mean that the women of Babylon…
The Cyrus Cylinder |
Cyrus Cylinder
In the Cyrus Cylinder, a cuneiform tablet now in the British Museum, Cyrus describes how he had conquered Babylon (October 539 BCE). It is interesting because the Persian king presents himself to his new subjects as the perfect ruler, carefully…
Th. Pinches' drawing of the Cyrus Cylinder |
Cyrus Cylinder Translation
In the Cyrus Cylinder, a cuneiform tablet now in the British Museum, Cyrus describes how he had conquered Babylon (October 539 BCE). It is interesting because the Persian king presents himself to his new subjects as the perfect ruler, carefully…Cyrus the Great
Cyrus takes Babylon: the capture of Babylon by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE, which meant the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the beginning of two centuries of Persian rule …