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Babylonian Temple List [p 13] Birds, archaic word-list; Canonical Temple List, a theological list extant from the Library of Ashurbanipal [p 13] Cattle, archaic word-list; Cities/god list, early dynastic tablet found in single exemplar from Ur with two simple lists [13]: 390 Dimmir = dingir = ilum, Emesal vocabulary, an Assyrian list [MSL IV [p ...
The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic period until the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, after which the region came to be known as Iraq. This list covers dynasties and monarchs of Mesopotamia up until the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 539 BC, after which native Mesopotamian monarchs never ...
The most renowned of these was that of Hammurabi, as mentioned above, who was posthumously famous for his set of laws, the Code of Hammurabi, created c. 1780 BC, which is one of the earliest sets of laws found and one of the best preserved examples of this type of document from ancient Mesopotamia. He codified over 200 laws for Mesopotamia.
The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th millennium BC and ended, depending on the interpretation of the term, either with the conquest by the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BC or with that by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.
Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. The Civilization of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity.This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writing in the late 4th millennium BC, an increasing amount of historical sources.
Pages in category "Ancient Mesopotamia" The following 80 pages are in this category, out of 80 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. Seven-dots ...
[19] [17] While sometimes mistakenly regarded simply as a list of Sumerian gods with their Akkadian equivalents, [21] it was meant to provide information about the relations between individual gods, as well as short explanations of functions fulfilled by them. [21] In addition to spouses and children of gods, it also listed their servants. [22]
Simple English; Slovenčina; Slovenščina; Soomaaliga; ... Pages in category "Mesopotamia" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.