Sidon (Hebrew: צִידוֹן, Ṣîdôn; Greek: Σιδών): port in Phoenicia, modern Ṣaydā.Babylonian Age
Bustan esh-Sheikh, Remains of the Babylonian sanctuary
After the fall…
Sidon (Hebrew: צִידוֹן, Ṣîdôn; Greek: Σιδών): port in Phoenicia, modern Ṣaydā.Hellenistic Age
Abdalonymus on the Alexander Sarcophagus from Sidon
After the death…
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Simon bar Giora (69-70 CE)
Source: Flavius Josephus,…
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Simon ben Kosiba (132-135 CE)
Sources: 'Abot de…
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Simon of Peraea (4 BCE)
Sources: Flavius Josephus,…
Singara (Greek τὰ Σίγγαρα): Roman legionary base in eastern Mesopotamia, occupied by the First Legion Parthica. The modern name is Balat Sinjar.History
Singara is one the towns along the southernmost road from Assyria (east of the Tigris) to Syria (west of the…
Singidunum (Greek: Σινγíδουνον): Roman fortress on the confluence of the rivers Danube and Sava, base of the Fourth Legion Flavia Felix, modern Belgrade in Serbia.
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Sippar: one of the most important cities in northern Babylonia.Sippar
Victory stela of Naram-Sin
Situated in the northwest of Babylonia
Founded in the…