The Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles are historiographical texts from ancient Mesopotamia. Although they contain references to the earliest times, they deal especially with the second half of the second and the entire first millennium down to the first century BCE.In…
The Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles are historiographical texts from ancient Mesopotamia. Although they contain references to the earliest times, they deal especially with the second half of the second and the entire first millennium down to the first century BCE.
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The Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles are historiographical texts from ancient Mesopotamia. Although they contain references to the earliest times, they deal especially with the second half of the second millennium and the entire first millennium down to the first century BCE (cf. this table).Akkad
Archaic name of…
Mesopotamian Chronology: the chronology of ancient Babylonia, Assyria, and surrounding areas.General
Ammisaduqa's Venus tablet
Although humankind uses many calendars, it is easy…
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.
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Mithridates: Iberian king in Armenia (r. 36-51 CE), member of the Artaxiad dynasty.The Mithridates who became king of Armenia in 36 CE, was a younger son of another Mithridates, who had been king of the West-Caucasian kingdom of Iberia (modern Georgia) during the…
Nabonidus (Babylonian: Nabû-na'id): last king of Babylonia, ruled 556-539.Relatives
Nabonidus
Father: Nabû-balâssi-iqbi
Mother: Adad-Guppi
Son: Belshazzar
Main deeds
556: Becomes king after a coup d'état by…
Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar: foundation text in which king Nabonidus of Babylonia (r.556-539) describes how he repaired three temples in Harran and Sippar.
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The Nabonidus Cylinder from Ur is a foundation text in which king Nabonidus of Babylonia (r.556-539) describes how he repaired the ziggurat called E-lugal-galga-sisa, which belonged to the temple of Sin in Ur, called Egišnugal. It is probably the king's…