Oriental studies
There are 625 items in Oriental studies:
The Great Flood: Atrahasis
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 the…The Great Flood: Berossus
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 the…The Great Flood: Gilgameš
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 the…The Great Flood: Comparison
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 the…Four Achaemenid Empire Lists
Behistun inscription §6 These are the countries which are subject unto me, and by the favor of Ahuramazda I became king of them: Persia, Elam, Babylonia, Assyria, Arabia, Egypt, the countries by the Sea, Lydia, the Greeks, Media, Armenia, Cappadocia, Parthia,…Frâda
Frâda: name of the king of Margiana, ruled 522-521 BCE. Behistun Relief, Frâda (center) and Skunkha (right) In March 522 BCE, a…Gandara
Gandara (Old Persian Gandâra): name of a satrapy of the ancient Achaemenid Empire, roughly equivalent to the valley of the river Cophen (modern Kabul). The Greeks called the western part this region Parapamisos, which may be derived from the old…Garni, Greek Inscription
Tiridates' inscription In 1945, a Greek inscription, mentioning the first Armenian king from the Arsacid dynasty, Tiridates, was found at the…Garni, Urartian Inscription
Inscription of Argište The Urartian king Argište I (r.c.785-756 BCE) expanded his kingdom from Tušpa (modern Van) to the northeast. In…Gaumata / Smerdis
Smerdis (Old Persian Bardiya): Persian prince, son of king Cyrus. Gaumata being trampled upon by Darius According to several ancient sources, Smerdis…Gordium
Gordium: capital of ancient Phrygia, modern Yassihüyük.Phrygian capital Tomb MM ("the Tomb of Midas") Gordium is situated on the place where the…"Tomb of Midas"
Gordium: capital of ancient Phrygia, modern Yassihüyük. The great tomb of Gordium The Great Tumulus, or Tumulus MM, or the "tomb of…