Iraq
There are 608 items in Iraq:
Diodorus on Demetrius' Babylonian campaign
In May 311, Seleucus unexpectedly captured Babylon, the greatest city in the world and one of the most important parts in the empire of Antigonus Monophthalmus. In the autumn of 311, he sent his son Demetrius to expell Seleucus. His…Diodorus on the Chaldaeans
Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE.In April 323, Alexander the Great entered Babylon. The Chaldaeans, i.e., the famous astrologers working in the Esagila temple complex, came…Diodorus on the outbreak of the Babylonian War
Seleucus I Nicator In 320, Seleucus I Nicator had been appointed as satrap of Babylonia, but Antigonus Monophthalmus had expelled him…Dur-Šarrukin (Khorsabad)
Dur-Šarrukin: one of the capitals of ancient Assyria, founded by king Sargon II (r.721-705) but soon abandoned, modern Khorsabad. Khorsabad, Two…Dynastic Prophecy
Dynastic Prophecy, Columns I and II In mid-July 330, the Persian king Darius III Codomannus (r.336-330) was killed; this meant the…
Dynastic Prophecy, Columns I and II |
Dynastic Prophecy, Columns VI and V |
Tablet with a list of eclipses between 518 and 465, mentioning the death of king Xerxes |
Eridu Genesis
Eridu Genesis: a Sumerian text dealing with the subject matter best known from the first chapters of the Bible.The Eridu Genesis is written on a Sumerian cuneiform tablet of which about two thirds are now lost. The missing parts can…
Eshnunna, Relief of Ištar |
Reconstruction of the Etemenanki |
Etemenanki (the "Tower of Babel")
Etemenanki: name of the large temple tower in Babylon, also known as the Tower of Babel. Its Sumerian name E-temen-an-ki means "House of the foundation of heaven on earth". …