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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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Frâda

Frâda: name of the king of Margiana, ruled 522-521 BCE. Behistun Relief, Frâda (center) and Skunkha (right) In March 522 BCE, a…

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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…

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Gordium

Gordium: capital of ancient Phrygia, modern Yassihüyük.Phrygian capital Tomb MM ("the Tomb of Midas") Gordium is situated on the place where the…

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