Cyprus (Greek Κύπρος): large island in the eastern Mediterranean, colonized by Phoenicians and Greeks.Between Persia and Greece
Statue of Melqart from Idalion
The Persians…
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…
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 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
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Cyrus (Old Persian Kuruš; Hebrew Kores): founder of the Achaemenid empire. He was the son of Cambyses I, the king of the Persian kingdom called Anšan. During Cambyses' reign, the Persians were vassals of the Median leader Astyages.Persians and Medes
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Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.Inscription on a Fluted Bowl of a king named Darius
[Inscription on a fluted bowl of Darius I the…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.D2Ha, gold tablet from Ecbatana
[Stereotypical inscription on a gold tablet, similar to A2Hc.]
A great god is Ahuramazda, who…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.D2Sa, inscription on a column base
[Badly damaged column base.]
imam \ apadânam \ stûnâya \ athagainam \
Dârayavauš \ XŠ…
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.D2Sb, inscription on column bases
[Two column bases; Babylonian translation added.]
adam \ Dârayavauš \ XŠ \ vazraka \ XŠ…
Damascus (Aramaic דמשק; Greek Δαμασκός): important city in the ancient Near East.Bronze Age
Damascus, "Street which is called Straight"
Mentioned for the…