Kayanim (Hebrew, Jewish). Also written Cunim; the name of certain mystic cakes offered to Ishtar, the Babylonian Venus. Jeremiah speaks of these Cunim offered to the "Queen of Heaven", vii. 18. Nowadays we do not offer the buns, but eat them at Easter.

(See also: Kayanim, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary, )

Gods Enlil and 7 who decree fate Ishtar and planet Venus Tiamat and Tablets of Destiny Annunaki and astronauts Marduk and Babylon Heroes Utnapishtim and world-flood Tammuz and new life Gilgamesh and Cedar Forest Enkidu, the man-beast Monsters Zu, the lion-eagle Kingu, mankind's bloodSee also:

Deluge mythology, Deluge mythology - Flood myths in various cultures, Deluge mythology - Ancient Near East, Deluge mythology - Europe, Deluge mythology - Americas, Deluge mythology - India, Deluge mythology - China, Deluge mythology - Batak Indonesia, Deluge mythology - Theories of origin, Deluge mythology - Other references

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This is a partial list of possible Proto-Semitic deities. *Il-Āh (Supreme God, see El, Elyon, Elohim and Allah) *Ad' (Storm God, see Adad, Hadad, Adonai and Adonis. Ba'al and Bel may have been aspects of *Ad', possibly in the form of a fertility god. There was also a mother goddess (See Astarte, Ashtoreth, Asshur and Ishtar) See also Indoeuropean Pantheon ...

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Semitic gods, Semitic gods - Proto-Semitic Gods

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This section uses the names from the English manga. Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Gozaburo Kaiba. Appears in: Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, Yu-Gi-Oh! 1st series anime, Yu-Gi-Oh! 2nd series anime (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters) Gozaburo Kaiba (海馬 剛三郎 Kaiba Gōzaburō) was the stepfather of Seto Kaiba. He was also the owner of KaibaCorp, until 51% of the company was invested toward Seto Kaiba. In the manga, after Seto took over the company, Gozaburo committed ...

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Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Manga first and second series anime characters, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Gozaburo Kaiba, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Kaiba's Butler, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Ushio, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Manga and first series anime characters, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Arcade game player, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Ms. Chono, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Hirutani, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Imori, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Johnny Gayle Bob McGuire name unknown, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Professor Kanekura, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Mr. Karita, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Kokurano, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Kujirada, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Miho Nosaka, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Playing Card Bomber, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Prisoner 777, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Professor Yoshimori, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Dark Master Zorc, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Manga and second series anime characters, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Akhenaden Aknadin, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Akhenamkhanen Aknamkanon, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Arthur Hopkins Arthur Hawkins, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Thief King Bakura, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Bandit Keith Howard, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Big 5, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Bobasa, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Croquet, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Cyndia Cecilia Pegasus, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - The Death Imitator Mimic of Doom, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Dinosaur Ryuzaki Rex Raptor, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Esper Roba Espa Roba, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Ghost Kotsuzuka Bonz, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Insector Haga Weevil Underwood, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Hassan, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Isis, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Isono Roland, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Kalim Karim, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Kisara, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Meikyū Brothers Paradox Brothers, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Mask of Light and Mask of Darkness Lumis and Umbra, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Mahado Mahad, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Mana, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Koji the Spider Nagumo, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Odion Ishtar, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Pandora Arkana, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - The Pantomimer Strings, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Player Killer of Darkness Panik, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Ryota Kajiki Mako Tsunami, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Saruwatari Kemo, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Satake and Takaido Zygore and Sid, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Seto, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Shada, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Siamun Muran Shimon Muran, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Step Johnny Johnny Steps, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - The Evil God Zorc Necrophades

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TAMMUZ

Babylonian equivalent of Osiris, God of spring, whose wife, Ishtar, descended into Hades in order to bring him back to life. It was Ishtar who was compelled to remove her garments (i.e., facets of her soul), one by one, in order to enter Hades completely naked. The idea being that we may take none of our soul's crowns or accomplishments with us into death but have to meet it solely with original, untried nature. Also called "Sataran" or "Serpent Goddess," by the Sumerians (according to Riland).

(See also: TAMMUZ, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

This section uses the names from the English manga. Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Arcade game player. 1st series name: Dragon DDM video game name: Feng Long Appears in: Yu-Gi-Oh! manga The arcade game player plays a fighting arcade game with Yugi, and both of them choose the same character, Bruce Ryu (a take-off on Bruce Lee - In the Toei Anime series Yugi's character is called "Dragon"). After Yugi defeats him several times, the arcade player beats ...

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Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Manga first and second series anime characters, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Gozaburo Kaiba, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Kaiba's Butler, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Ushio, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Manga and first series anime characters, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Arcade game player, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Ms. Chono, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Hirutani, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Imori, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Johnny Gayle Bob McGuire name unknown, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Professor Kanekura, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Mr. Karita, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Kokurano, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Kujirada, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Miho Nosaka, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Playing Card Bomber, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Prisoner 777, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Professor Yoshimori, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Dark Master Zorc, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Manga and second series anime characters, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Akhenaden Aknadin, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Akhenamkhanen Aknamkanon, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Arthur Hopkins Arthur Hawkins, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Thief King Bakura, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Bandit Keith Howard, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Big 5, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Bobasa, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Croquet, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Cyndia Cecilia Pegasus, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - The Death Imitator Mimic of Doom, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Dinosaur Ryuzaki Rex Raptor, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Esper Roba Espa Roba, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Ghost Kotsuzuka Bonz, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Insector Haga Weevil Underwood, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Hassan, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Isis, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Isono Roland, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Kalim Karim, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Kisara, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Meikyū Brothers Paradox Brothers, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Mask of Light and Mask of Darkness Lumis and Umbra, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Mahado Mahad, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Mana, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Koji the Spider Nagumo, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Odion Ishtar, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Pandora Arkana, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - The Pantomimer Strings, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Player Killer of Darkness Panik, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Ryota Kajiki Mako Tsunami, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Saruwatari Kemo, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Satake and Takaido Zygore and Sid, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Seto, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Shada, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Siamun Muran Shimon Muran, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - Step Johnny Johnny Steps, Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga characters - The Evil God Zorc Necrophades

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Ninus In Greek mythology, founder of the city of Nineveh; hence also a name of the city itself. Ninus is regarded as the son of Belos (Bel) who founded the first empire after conquering the western part of Asia with the help of Ariaeus, king of Arabia.

Nina was the name given to the city by the Assyrians, as well as to Ishtar, patroness deity of Nineveh.

(See also: Ninus, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)

Queen of Heaven is a natural title for the Great Goddess central to many religions of antiquity. In Sumer Inanna was hailed as "Queen of Heaven" in the 3rd millennium BCE. In Akkad to the north, she was worshipped later as Ishtar. In the Sumerian Descent of Inanna, when Inanna is challenged at the outermost gates of the underworld, she replies 'I am Inanna, Queen of Heaven, On my way to the East.' Her cult was deeply embedded in Mesopotamia and among the Canaanites to the west. In the ...

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Queen of Heaven, Queen of Heaven - Christianity, Queen of Heaven - Christian Hymn, Queen of Heaven - Fertile Crescent religions, Queen of Heaven - Reference

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Agade or Akkad (from aga crown + de fire)

Also Agadi. The ancient city of the Babylonian ruler Sargon I (2637-2587 BC), the word referring to the city's patron deity, Ishtar or Anunit.

(See also: Agade, Akkad, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

In the second millennium BCE, the king of Aleppo, or Halab, received a statue of Ishtar from the king of Mari, as a sign of deference, to be displayed in the temple of Hadad in Kilasou. The god "Adad" is called on a stele of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser I "the god of Aleppo". The name Hadad appears in the name of Hadadezer 'Hadad-is-help', the Aramean king defeated by David. Later Aramean kings of Damascus seem to have habitually assumed the title of Benhadad, or son of Hadad, just as a series of Egyptian monarchs are known to have ...

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Hadad, Hadad - Hadad in Ugarit, Hadad - Sanchuniathon, Hadad - Hadad in Aram and Israel

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Red River manga - Main. Yuri Suzuki (鈴木夕梨 Suzuki Yūri) - Also known as the Goddess of war, Ishtar. She is the main character of the story. Only fifteen, Yuri is confident and willing to take up any charitable cause. Armed with her knowledge of twentieth century hygiene and everyday medical practices she helps those she sees in need. To the Hittites this makes her the goddess Ishtar. She would also rather wear a man’s tunic than a ...

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Red River manga, Red River manga - The Story, Red River manga - Characters, Red River manga - Main, Red River manga - Enemies, Red River manga - Other Princes, Red River manga - Servants, Red River manga - Egyptians, Red River manga - Animals, Red River manga - Characters from Yuri’s Time, Red River manga - Others, Red River manga - Manga Summaries, Red River manga - Links

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Nabu (Chald.). Nebu or Nebo, generally; the Chaldean god of Secret Wisdom, from which name the Biblical, Hebrew term Nabiim (prophets) was derived. This son of Anu and Ishtar was worshipped chiefly at Borsippa; but he had also his temple at Babylon, above that of Bel, devoted to the seven planets.

(See " Nazarenes" and " Nebo".)

(See also: Nabu, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary, )

Among the great pieces the museum displays are: The Pergamon Altar Market Gate of Miletus The Ishtar Gate and the Procession Street of Babylon The Mshatta Facade Pergamon Museum - The Antiquity Collection. The collection goes back to the Kurfürsten of Brandenburg, who collected objects from antiquity; the collection was started with an acquisition of the collection of an old Roman archeologist in 1698. It first became accessible (in part) to the public in 183 ...

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Pergamon Museum, Pergamon Museum - Origin, Pergamon Museum - Exhibition, Pergamon Museum - The Antiquity Collection, Pergamon Museum - Islamic Art Museum, Pergamon Museum - The Middle East Museum, Pergamon Museum - Future plans for the Museum Island

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Anu's unique position as the chief god of the highest heavens was always recognized in the theological system developed by the priests, which found an expression in making him the first figure of a triad, consisting of Anu, Enlil and Ea, among whom the priests divided the three divisions of the universe, the heavens, the earth with the atmosphere above it, and the watery expanse respectively. This systematization of the pantheon, after the days of Hammurabi, did not seriously interfere with the independence of the goddess, Ishtar. She ...

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Babylonian and Assyrian religion, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - The impact of Hammurabi, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - The old regional gods, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - The rise of Marduk, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - The cult of Anu, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - The triads, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - The rivalry between Assur and Marduk, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - Chronology, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - Astral theology, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - Religious practice and rituals, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - Ethics, Babylonian and Assyrian religion - Later influence

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Anu's unique position as the chief god of the highest heavens was always recognized in the theological system developed by the priests, which found an expression in making him the first figure of a triad, consisting of Anu, Enlil and Ea, among whom the priests divided the three divisions of the universe, the heavens, the earth with the atmosphere above it, and the watery expanse respectively. This systematization of the pantheon, after the days of Hammurabi, did not seriously interfere with the independence of the goddess, Ishtar. She ...

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Mesopotamian religion, Mesopotamian religion - The impact of Hammurabi, Mesopotamian religion - The old regional gods, Mesopotamian religion - The rise of Marduk, Mesopotamian religion - The cult of Anu, Mesopotamian religion - The triads, Mesopotamian religion - The rivalry between Assur and Marduk, Mesopotamian religion - Chronology, Mesopotamian religion - Astral theology, Mesopotamian religion - Religious practice and rituals, Mesopotamian religion - Ethics, Mesopotamian religion - Later influence

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Inanna

(Sumerian, "Mistress of Heaven") The Sumerian goddess of love and war, identified with the Akkadian Eshtar (Ishtar). Her name reflects her identity as Venus, both morning and evening star; her father is either the sky god or the moon god, her brother the sun god.

Her main cult center was Uruk (biblical Erech), but her worship, as a hymn proclaims, was universal. Her character was complex: bloodthirsty warrior (battle was her dance), willful girl, fickle lover. She is married but also the harlot, and her cult seems to have been in part orgiastic, staffed by eunuchs, transvestites, and homosexuals.

(See also: Inanna, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Inanna

(Sumerian, "Mistress of Heaven") The Sumerian goddess of love and war, identified with the Akkadian Eshtar (Ishtar). Her name reflects her identity as Venus, both morning and evening star; her father is either the sky god or the moon god, her brother the sun god.

Her main cult center was Uruk (biblical Erech), but her worship, as a hymn proclaims, was universal. Her character was complex: bloodthirsty warrior (battle was her dance), willful girl, fickle lover. She is married but also the harlot, and her cult seems to have been in part orgiastic, staffed by eunuchs, transvestites, and homosexuals.

(See also: Inanna, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Ea, ruler of the deep, was the patron god of music. The sound quality of the drum (Babylonian: balag), made from a bull hide, and pipe, made from reed, were also metaphorically compared to their material's stength, the bull being strong and the reed weak. Instruments were often decorated with images of Ea or bulls, while Ea wrote his name with the sign for a drum, it serving as a personification of his essence. Ramman, god of thunder and winds, was associated with the singing voice and the reed-pipe (hallhallatu). One of the names of Ishtar translates as "the soft reed-pipe". Her partner Tammuz was ...

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Music of Mesopotamia, Music of Mesopotamia - Instrumentation, Music of Mesopotamia - Religious music, Music of Mesopotamia - Source

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It it is theorized that western dragons have descended from Roman dragons. Roman dragons evolved from serpentine Greek ones, combined with the dragons of Persia, in the mix that characterized the hybrid Greek/Eastern Hellenistic culture. From Babylon, the "Dragon of Marduk" in molded glazed terracotta bricks that was part of the 6th century Gate of Ishtar has come to rest at The Detroit Institute of Arts. [1]. The later Babylonian dragon worshiped by the court of the Persian Cyrus the Great, in the Hebrew narrative in Bel and the DragonSee also:

European dragon, European dragon - Dragons in modern times, European dragon - Roman dragons, European dragon - Dragons in Slavic mythology, European dragon - Dragons in Germanic mythology, European dragon - Dragons in Catalan mythology, European dragon - Dragons in Italian mythology, European dragon - Dragons in fantasy fiction

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The History of Religions school of thought, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, argued against the historicity of the Bible by drawing comparisons between Biblical narratives and pagan myths. In particular, these scholars drew comparisons between individuals in the Book of Esther and various real and alleged Babylonian and Elamite gods and goddesses: Esther was equated with the similarly sounding Ishtar. Her original Hebrew name Hadassah was compared with Akkadian hadashatu said to be a ...

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Book of Esther, Book of Esther - Setting, Book of Esther - Plot Summary, Book of Esther - Authorship and date, Book of Esther - Debate over historicity, Book of Esther - Interpretation of Esther as an allegory of Babylonian Mythology, Book of Esther - Historical reading, Book of Esther - Narrative reading, Book of Esther - Allegorical Reading, Book of Esther - Relation To Other Books In the Bible, Book of Esther - Additions to Esther, Book of Esther - Reinterpretations of the story

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Enkidu assists Gilgamesh in his fight against Humbaba, the guardian monster of the Cedar forest. Contrary to Enkidu's conscience, he cooperates in killing the defeated Humbaba. Afterwards, he again assists his companion Gilgamesh in slaying the Bull of Heaven, which the gods have sent as reprisal. The goddess Ishtar demands that the pair should pay for its destruction. Shamash argues to the other gods to spare both of them, but could only save Gilgamesh. The gods pass judgment that Enkidu had no justification for fighting the Bull of ...

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Enkidu, Enkidu - First Tablet, Enkidu - Enkidu later in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu - Historical Analysis, Enkidu - Literary Analysis, Enkidu - Popular Cultural References, Enkidu - Themes of Existentialism, Enkidu - Bibliography

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It appears from their inscriptions as well as from their names, that Aramaeans worshipped Sumero-Akkadian and Canaanite gods, such Haddad, (Adad), the storm-god, El, the supreme deity of Canaan, Sin, Ishtar (whom they called ‘Attar), the Phoenician goddess Anat (‘Atta) and others. The Aramaeans apparently followed the traditions of the country where they settled. The King of Damascus, for instance, employed Phoenician sculptors and ivory-carvers. In tell Halaf-Guzana, the palace of Kapara, an Aramaean ruler (9th century B.C.), was ...

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Arameans, Arameans - Language, Arameans - History, Arameans - 14th century BC, Arameans - 12th century BC, Arameans - 11th century B.C., Arameans - 10th – 9th centuries BC, Arameans - From 8th century BC, Arameans - Religion and art, Arameans - Modern, Arameans - External references

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