WebHarran (Arabic: حران, romanized: Ḥarrān), historically known as Carrhae (Greek: Kάρραι, romanized: Kárrhai), is a rural town and district of the Şanlıurfa Province in southeastern Turkey, approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Urfa and 20 kilometers from the border crossing with Syria at Akçakale.. Harran was founded at some point between the …

WebThe Warren Cup is an ancient Greco-Roman silver drinking cup decorated in relief with two images of male same-sex acts. It was purchased by the British Museum for £1.8 million in 1999, the most expensive single purchase by the museum at that time. It is usually dated to the time of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (1st century AD).. The cup is named after its first …

WebMany traditional wine bottle sizes are named for Biblical kings and historical figures. The chart below lists the sizes of various wine bottles in multiples relating to a standard bottle of wine, which is 0.75 litres (0.20 US gal; 0.16 imp gal) (six 125 mL servings).The "wineglassful"—an official unit of the apothecaries' system of weights—is much smaller …

WebBabylon (tiếng Hy Lạp: Βαβυλών, tiếng Akkad: Babili, Babilla) là một thành quốc của Lưỡng Hà cổ đại. Các di tích của thành quốc này được phát hiện ngày nay nằm ở Hillah, Babil, Iraq, khoảng 85 km (55 dặm) về phía nam thủ đô Baghdad.Tất cả những gì còn lại của thành phố ban đầu của Babylon cổ đại nổi tiếng ngày nay là một gò đất, hoặc các toà …

WebHistory. The first instance of archaeological excavation took place in the sixth century BC when Nabonidus, the king of Babylon, excavated a temple floor that was thousands of years old. During early Roman periods, Julius Caesar's men looted bronze artifacts, and by the medieval period, Europeans had begun digging up pots that had partially emerged …

WebThe Great Wave off Kanagawa (Japanese: 神奈川沖浪裏, Hepburn: Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura, lit. "Under the Wave off Kanagawa") is a woodblock print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history.The print depicts three boats moving through a storm-tossed sea, with a large wave forming a spiral in the …

WebEannatum (Sumerian: 𒂍𒀭𒈾𒁺 É.AN.NA-tum 2) was a Sumerian Ensi (ruler or king) of Lagash circa 2500–2400 BCE. He established one of the first verifiable empires in history: he subdued Elam and destroyed the city of Susa as well as several other Iranian cities, and extended his domain to Sumer and Akkad. One inscription found on a boulder states that …

WebCyrus II of Cyrus de Grote (Perzisch: کوروش بزرگ, Kūrosh-e-Bozorg, Oudperzisch: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁) was de zesde heerser uit de dynastie van de Achaemeniden, die het Perzische Rijk regeerden. Hij bouwde het oorspronkelijk veel kleinere oud-Perzische Rijk uit tot een wereldrijk, dat onder zijn opvolgers reikte van de Indus tot en met het Oude Egypte.Dit …

WebEn el año 539 a. C., Ciro invadió Babilonia. La reconstrucción histórica de la caída de Babilonia a manos de la Persia aqueménida ha sido problemática, debido a las inconsistencias entre los diversos documentos que sirven de fuente documental. Tanto las Crónicas mesopotámicas como el Cilindro de Ciro describen que Babilonia fue tomada …

WebNabucodonosor era o filho mais velho de Nabopolassar (r. 626– 605 a.C.), o fundador do Império Neobabilônico.Isso é confirmado pelas inscrições de Nabopolassar, que explicitamente nomeiam Nabucodonosor como seu 'filho mais velho', bem como inscrições do reinado de Nabucodonosor, que se referem a ele como o 'primeiro' ou 'filho principal' …