WebNebuchadnezzar I or Nebuchadrezzar I (/ ˌ n ɛ b j ʊ k ə d ˈ n ɛ z ər /), reigned c. 1121–1100 BC, was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon.He ruled for 22 years according to the Babylonian King List C, and was the most prominent monarch of this dynasty. He is best known for his victory over Elam and the recovery of …

WebKish (Sumerian: Kiš; transliteration: Kiš ki; cuneiform: 𒆧𒆠; Akkadian: kiššatu, near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (), located 80 kilometers south of Baghdad and 12 kilometers east of the ancient city of Babylon.The Ubaid period site of Ras al-Amiyah is 8 kilometers away. It was occupied from the Ubaid to …

WebDumuzid or Tammuz (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣, romanized: Dumuzid; Akkadian: Duʾūzu, Dûzu; Hebrew: תַּמּוּז, romanized: Tammûz), known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd (Sumerian: 𒌉𒍣𒉺𒇻, romanized: Dumuzid sipad), is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with shepherds, who was also the first and primary consort of the goddess …

WebAshur-etil-ilani, also spelled Ashur-etel-ilani and Ashuretillilani (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-etil-ilāni, meaning "Ashur is the lord of the Tree"), was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Ashurbanipal in 631 BC to his own death in 627 BC. Ashur-etil-ilani is an obscure figure with a brief reign from which few inscriptions …

WebThe Hasmonean dynasty (/ ˌ h æ z m ə ˈ n iː ən /; Hebrew: חַשְׁמוֹנָאִים ‎ Ḥašmōnaʾīm) was a ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during classical antiquity, from c. 140 BCE to 37 BCE. Between c. 140 and c. 116 BCE the dynasty ruled Judea semi-autonomously in the Seleucid Empire, and from roughly 110 BCE, with the empire disintegrating, Judea …

WebSutton Hoo is the site of two early medieval cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near the English town of Woodbridge. Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938, when a previously undisturbed ship burial containing a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts was discovered. The site is important in establishing the history of the Anglo …

WebMesopotamian religion refers to the religious beliefs and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 6000 BC and 400 AD, after which they largely gave way to Syriac Christianity practiced by today's Assyrians.The religious development of Mesopotamia and Mesopotamian culture in …

WebIntolerance is a 1916 epic silent film directed by D. W. Griffith.Subtitles include Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages and A Sun-Play of the Ages.. Regarded as one of the most influential films of the silent era (though it received mixed reviews at the time), the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: …

WebLucifer is one of various figures in folklore associated with the planet Venus.The entity's name was subsequently absorbed into Christianity as a name for the devil.Modern scholarship generally translates the term in the relevant Bible passage (Isaiah 14:12), where the Greek Septuagint reads ὁ ἑωσφόρος ὁ πρωὶ, as "morning star" or "shining one" …