Oriental studies

There are 625 items in Oriental studies:

Kavad II

Kavad II: king of Persia, ruling from 628 to 630, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds: Name: Sheroe Reign: In 628 CE Successor of: Khusrau II the Victorious Early in 628, crown prince Sheroe put his father put in jail, where he would die…

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Khusrau III

Khusrau III: king of Persia, ruling from c.629 to c.631, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds: Name: Khusrau III The Sasanian king Khusrau II fought a long war against the Byzantines, but was defeated by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius, and replaced by…

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Khusrau IV

Khusrau IV: king of Persia, ruling from 631 to 637, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds: Name: Khusrau IV Beginning of reign: 631 The Sasanian king Khusrau II fought a long war against the Byzantines, but was defeated by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius. In…

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Labaši-Marduk

Neriglissar: king of ancient Babylonia, ruled 556.The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar died in 562 and was succeeded in by his son Amel-Marduk, who was almost immediately assassinated and replaced by his brother-in-law Neriglissar. When he died in 556, he was succeeded by his…

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Limmu

Limmu: Assyrian official, whose name was given to a year. Tablet with limmu-names One of the most important events in the ancient…

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Limmu List (Middle Bronze Age)

Limmu List: list of Assyrian officials who gave their names to a given year. Two parts survive, one dealing with the reigns of Erišum I until Išme-Dagan I (twentieth until eighteenth century BCE) and one dealing with the years 858-699 BCE. …

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Luxenberg Thesis

Luxenberg Thesis: the idea that Islam originated as a Monophysite Christian sect in eastern Syria. It assumes that the Quran was not written in Arabic but in Syriac-Arabic, which in turn presupposes that there has been a time in which…

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