Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Four Winds are a group of mythical figures in Mesopotamian mythology whose names and functions correspond to four cardinal directions of wind. They were both cardinal concepts (used for mapping and understanding geographical features in relation to each other) as well as characters with personality, who could serve as antagonistic forces or helpful assistants in myths.
The aridification of Mesopotamia may have been related to the onset of cooler sea-surface temperatures in the North Atlantic (Bond event 3), as analysis of the modern instrumental record shows that large (50%) interannual reductions in Mesopotamian water supply result when subpolar northwest Atlantic sea surface temperatures are anomalously ...
The four tekufot are: [1] Tekufat Nisan , the vernal equinox , when the sun enters Aries ; this is the beginning of spring, or "eit hazera" (seed-time), when day and night are equal. Tekufat Tammuz , the summer solstice , when the sun enters Cancer ; this is the summer season, or et ha-katsir (harvest-time), when the day is the longest in the year.
These four civilizations have successively entered the Bronze Age from the Neolithic Age, and then entered the Metal Age. Much of the philosophy, science, literature, art and other aspects of knowledge that humans possess today can generally be traced back to the contributions of these ancient civilizations. [citation needed]
In the Hebrew Bible, there is frequent reference to four cardinal directions. [5] The names of the directions seem to be associated with physical landmarks for the ancient Israelites living in the region of Judea, e.g. East is referred to as kedem, which may derive from "edom" ("red"), and may be a reference to the color of the rising dawn, or the red sandstone cliffs of the Land of Edom to ...
With the aid of satellite photos, Farouk El-Baz of Boston University traced the dry channel from Kuwait up the Wadi al-Batin and the Wadi al-Rummah system, originating near Medina at Jibāl al Abyaḑ. [7] David Rohl identified Pishon with the Uizhun, [citation needed] placing Havilah to the northeast of Mesopotamia. The Uizhun is known locally ...
Oannès – Adapa from Odilon Redon in the Kröller-Müller Museum. Adapa was a Mesopotamian mythical figure who unknowingly refused the gift of immortality.The story, commonly known as "Adapa and the South Wind", is known from fragmentary tablets from Tell el-Amarna in Egypt (around 14th century BC) and from finds from the Library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria (around 7th century BC).
Mesopotamian divination was divination within the Mesopotamian period.. Perceptual elements utilized in the practice of a divinatory technique included the astronomical (stars and meteorites), weather and the calendar, the configuration of the earth and waterways and inhabited areas, the outward appearance of inanimate objects and also vegetation, elements stemming from the behavior and the ...