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…
Harran (Akkadian Harrânu, "intersecting roads"; Latin Carrhae): ancient city in Mesopotamia, famous for a temple of the Moon god Sin and the defeat of the Roman general Crassus in 53 BCE ("battle of Carrhae").Early History
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Hagra: town in the Al-‘Ula oasis. Originally a town of the Lihyanites, it became part of Nabataea and was reused as a Roman fort. Modern Mada'in Saleh.Lihyanite Hegra
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