Iraq
There are 608 items in Iraq:
![]() Girsu, Tablet with a fragment of the Sumerian Creation Epic |
Gobryas (general)
Gobryas (Old Persian Gaubaruva): name of one of the generals of king Cyrus the Great. Achaemenid nobleman Gobryas played an important role…Gobryas (satrap)
Gobryas (Old Persian Gaubaruva): satrap of Babylonia and the countries "across the river" (Euphrates). Achaemenid nobleman Gobryas was appointed in his important…
![]() Gotarzes I |
Gotarzes II
Gotarzes II: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.29?-51). Gotarzes II In 38 CE, the Parthian king Artabanus II died; his main achievement…
![]() Gotarzes II |
The Great Flood
The Great Flood: mythological story about a great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. The possibility that there is a historical event behind the story (a local flood in southern Babylonia in…
![]() Griffin on an Assyrian amulet |
![]() Gyges Tablet |
![]() Harran, Relief of Nabonidus |
![]() Harran, Relief of Nabonidus |
Hatra
Hatra: city in Mesopotamia, buffer state between the Roman Empire and its neighbors in the east, the Parthian and Sasanian Empires. …