Ancient Hebrews Compared to Other Near East Cultures
The Ancient Hebrews saw themselves as “God’s chosen people.” Their monotheism separated them from all surrounding neighbors while their belief in God’s covenants offered...
Phoenician cities Byblos and Sidon
Byblos, also known as Gubla, and later Gebal (in the Bible). According to Phoenician legend, Byblos was founded by the God El. Throughout time,...
Secret passage and skeleton from Hittite period founding in Turkey
During the excavations in archeological site Alacahöyük in central Anatolia archeologists uncovered secret passage or some kind of tunnel. At the same location, archeologists...
The term Mesopotamia and geographical position
Mesopotamia means 'between two rivers' and it is located between rivers - Euphrates and Tigris. Location of Mesopotamia was between the Armenian mountains in...
Akkadian empire (2400-2007 BC)
Sumerian cities were fighting war very frequently among themselves, but none managed to achieve a dominant position. However, such frequent wars had some consequences;...
Religions of Ancient Mesopotamia
Religions of Mesopotamia appeared in Sumerians culture and other peoples of Mesopotamia developed it; and it maintain in Antique period as well. Each Mesopotamian...
Old Babylonian empire and reign of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC)
Babylonia, and later Babylonian empire, was the former kingdom in Mesopotamia between 1900 BC or 1800 BC all the way to the fall in...
Fall of Old Babylonian empire
Hammurabi's son and successor Samsu-Iluna (around 1749 – 1712 BC) managed to maintain power over most of the territory which he had inherited, but...
Old Babylonian empire – Law Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi’s Legal Code is a set of legal lists, which in a single legislative act Babylonian emperor Hammurabi issued in the 1792 – 1750...
Neo-Babylonian empire (616 – 539/8 BC)
Although weakened by Kassites invasion, Babylon was still an important economic center of Mesopotamia. Neo-Babylonian Empire belongs to the countries of the I Millennium...
Assyria – Territory and economy
Assyria occupies a small territory along the upper course of the river Tigris, the territory that stretched from the lower course of Zab in...
First rise of Assyria (1365-900. BC)
In the XV century BC, Assyria was under the rule of Mitanni emperors. Mitanni emperor Shaushtatar defeated the Assyrians and taken the city Ashur,...
