Encyclopedia - Nineveh: Encyclopedia Ii - Nineveh - History
Nineveh is mentioned about 1800 BC as a worship place of Ištar, who was responsible for the city's early importance. There is no large b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nineveh: Encyclopedia Ii - Nineveh - Biblical Nineveh
In the Bible, Nineveh is first mentioned in Gen. 10:11, which is rendered in the Revised Version, "He [i.e., Nimrod] went forth into Assy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nineveh: Encyclopedia Ii - Nineveh - Archaeology
Today, Nineveh's location is marked by two large mounds, Kouyunjik and Nabī Yūnus "Prophet Jonah", and the remains of the city walls (a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 627: Encyclopedia - 627
627 - Events. April 11: Paulinus, a Roman missionary, baptizes King Edwin of Deira December 12: Battle of Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashur: Encyclopedia - Ashur
Ashur (אַשּׁוּר), was the son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Aram, Arpachshad and Lud. The Hebrew text of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harran: Encyclopedia - Harran
Harran, also known as Carrhae, is an archeological site in present day southeastern Turkey, 24 miles (39 kilometers) southeast of Sanli U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Nahum: Encyclopedia - Book Of Nahum
The book of Nahum is a book in the Bible's Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ninus: Encyclopedia - Ninus
Ninus was accepted in texts arising in Hellenistic period and later as the eponymous founder of Nineveh, and thus the city itself personi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nimrud: Encyclopedia - Nimrud
Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city located south of Nineveh on the river Tigris. The ancient city covered an area of around 16 square mil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austen Henry Layard: Encyclopedia - Austen Henry Layard
The Right Honourable Sir Austen Henry Layard (5 March 1817–5 July 1894) was a British author and diplomatist, best known as the excavat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashurbanipal: Encyclopedia - Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal, or Assurbanipal, (reigned 669 - 627 BCE), the son of Esarhaddon and Naqi'a-Zakutu, was the last great king of ancient Assyr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 7th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 7th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 7th century BC - Overview. 7th century BC - Events. the Cimmerians ravage Ph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Karkar: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Karkar
The Battle of Karkar (or Qarqar) was fought in 853 BC when the army of Assyria, led by king Shalmaneser III, encountered an allied army o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 780s Bc: Encyclopedia - 780s Bc
Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC Decades: 830s BC 820s BC 810s BC 800s BC 790s BC - 780s BC - 770s BC 760s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 700s Bc: Encyclopedia - 700s Bc
Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC Decades: 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC 720s BC 710s BC - 700s BC - 690s BC 680s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 8th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 8th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 8th century BC - Overview. 8th century BC - Events. Assyria conquers Damascu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 10: Encyclopedia - August 10
August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 143 days remaining. The term "the 10th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 620s Bc: Encyclopedia - 620s Bc
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 670s BC 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC - 620s BC - 610s BC 600s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonah: Encyclopedia - Jonah
Jonah (יוֹנָה "Dove", Standard Hebrew Yona, Latin Ionas, Tiberian Hebrew Yônāh) was a person in the Bible Old Testament and Jewis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Tobit: Encyclopedia - Book Of Tobit
The Book of Tobit (or Book of Tobias in older Catholic Bibles) is a book of scripture that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 610s Bc: Encyclopedia - 610s Bc
Centuries: 8th century BC - 7th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 660s BC 650s BC 640s BC 630s BC 620s BC - 610s BC - 600s BC 590s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adad-nirari Iii: Encyclopedia - Adad-nirari Iii
Adad-nirari III (also Adad-narari) was King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC. He was the son and successor of Shamshi-Adad V, and was appare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daqin Pagoda: Encyclopedia - Daqin Pagoda
Daqin Pagoda (大秦塔) in Zhouzhi, Shaanxi Province, China is the remnant of the earliest surviving Christian church in China. The chur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twenty-sixth Dynasty Of Egypt: Encyclopedia - Twenty-sixth Dynasty Of Egypt
Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty. Africanus' often accurate version of Manetho's Epitome states that i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Jonah: Encyclopedia - Book Of Jonah
In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Jonah is the 5th book in a series of books called the Minor Prophets (itself a subsection of the Nevi’...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Judith: Encyclopedia - Book Of Judith
The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book, included in the Septuagint and in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian Old Testament ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaldeans: Encyclopedia - Chaldeans
United States and Canada:    100,000-150,000 (est.) Europe:    100,000-150,000 (est.) CIS:    50,000-75,000...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assyrian Siege Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia - Assyrian Siege Of Jerusalem
Image:Sennacheribprism.gifIn 721 BCE, the Assyrian army captured the Israelite capital at Samaria and carried away the citizens of the no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belus Assyrian: Encyclopedia - Belus Assyrian
Belus or Belos in classical Greek or classical Latin texts (and later material based on them) in a Assyrian context refers to one or anot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art And Architecture Of Babylonia And Assyria: Encyclopedia - Art And Architecture Of Babylonia And Assyria
The culture of Assyria, and still more of Babylonia, was essentially literary; we miss in it the artistic spirit of Egypt or Greece. In B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charn: Encyclopedia - Charn
Charn is a fictional world in C. S. Lewis's book The Magician's Nephew, one of the Chronicles of Narnia. The only living person in Charn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assyria: Encyclopedia - Assyria
Assyria in earliest historical times referred to a region on the Upper Tigris river, named for its original capital, the ancient city of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollonius Of Tyana: Encyclopedia - Apollonius Of Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana (13 March 2 – 98?) was a Neo-Pythagorean philosopher and teacher of Greek origin. His teaching influenced scientifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nergal: Encyclopedia - Nergal
Adad · Ashnan Asaruludu · Emesh Enbilulu · Enkimdu · Enten Ereshkigal · Kabta Lahar · Mushdamma Nammu · Nanshe · Nergal Nidaba ·...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shamash: Encyclopedia - Shamash
4 primary: An Enlil Ki Enki 3 sky: Ishtar Sin Sama Shamash or Sama, was the common Akkadian name of the sun-god in Babylonia and Assy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylonian Literature: Encyclopedia - Babylonian Literature
The Babylonians were an ancient culture located in what is now Iraq. They had very advanced systems of writing, science and mathematics f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ninus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ninus
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Jonah: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Jonah - Narrative
As mentioned above, the book of Jonah is not written like the other books of the prophets. Jonah is almost entirely narrative with the ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Tobit: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Tobit - Narrative
The book tells the story of a righteous Jew of the Tribe of Naphtali named Tobit living in Nineveh after the deportation of the northern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mosul: Encyclopedia Ii - Mosul - History
Mosul - Ancient and Ottoman Mosul. The area around Mosul has been continuously inhabited for at least 8,000 years. The city itself was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-air Preaching: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-air Preaching - Open-air Preaching Within Christianity
One famous Biblical example of street preaching is that of Jonah, who reluctantly obeys the command of God to go to the city of Nineveh a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - E.s. Posthumus: Encyclopedia Ii - E.s. Posthumus - Unearthed
Wide: May 2005" Wide: May 2005 8/10 TrackSounds Review Their first album, Unearthed, was made available online through CDBaby in Januar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aqueduct: Encyclopedia Ii - Aqueduct - Ancient Aqueducts
Although famously associated with the Ancient Romans, aqueducts were devised centuries earlier in the Middle East, where peoples such as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tell Halaf: Encyclopedia Ii - Tell Halaf - Economy
Dry farming was practiced by the population. This type of farming was based on exploiting natural rainfall without the help of irrigation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nebuchadrezzar Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Nebuchadrezzar Ii - Biography
Nebuchadrezzar was the oldest son and successor of Nabopolassar, who delivered Babylon from its dependence on Assyria and laid Nineveh in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nebuchadrezzar Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Nebuchadrezzar Ii - Biography
Nebuchadnezzar was the oldest son and successor of Nabopolassar, who delivered Babylon from its dependence on Assyria and laid Nineveh in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aqueduct: Encyclopedia Ii - Aqueduct - History
Although famously associated with the Ancient Romans, aqueducts were devised centuries earlier in the Middle East, where peoples such as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assyria: Encyclopedia Ii - Assyria - Early History
Of the early history of the kingdom of Assyria, little is positively known. According to some Judeo-Christian traditions, the city of Ash...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warren County Virginia: Encyclopedia Ii - Warren County Virginia - Towns
Warren County Virginia - Incorporated Towns. Front Royal Warren County Virginia - Unincorporated Communities. Bentonville Browntow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assyria: Encyclopedia Ii - Assyria - Early History
Of the early history of the kingdom of Assyria, little is positively known. According to some Judeo-Christian traditions, the city of Ash...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Jonah: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Jonah - Outline Of Book
The Book of Jonah is primarily a story about the character of Yahweh. As such, it can be divided into four sections, roughly divided by e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Izdubar: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Izdubar
Izdubar (Babylonian) An ancient hero of Erech, whose exploits are recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the most important literar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medes: Encyclopedia Ii - Medes - Early Historical References To Medes
The origin and history of the Medes is quite obscure, as we possess almost no contemporary information, and not a single monument or insc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nahum: Encyclopedia Ii - Nahum - Historical Context
Assyria for a very long time were vicious overlords of the Fertile Crescent. They were ferocious fighters and were well known for their b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesopotamian Religion - Religious Practice And Rituals
The most noteworthy outcome of this system in the realm of religious practice was, as already intimated, the growth of an elaborate and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion - Chronology
There can be considered to have been four periods in the development of the Babylonian-Assyrian religion: the oldest period from c. 3500...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Private Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Private Library - Ancient World
Many ancient cultures collected works of philosophy, theology and sometimes finance. Most notable are the libraries in Rome, the Middle E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesopotamian Religion - Chronology
There can be considered to have been four periods in the development of the Babylonian-Assyrian religion: the oldest period from c. 3500...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion - Religious Practice And Rituals
The most noteworthy outcome of this system in the realm of religious practice was, as already intimated, the growth of an elaborate and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twenty-sixth Dynasty Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Twenty-sixth Dynasty Of Egypt - Twenty-sixth Dynasty Timeline
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Encyclopedia - Alqosh: Encyclopedia Ii - Alqosh - Various Opinions Pertaining To The Name Alqush
Conflicting opinions appear pertaining to the name Some believe it derives from the Syriac word Alqushtti that means my god is my arrow....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Assur: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Assur
Assur (Chaldean or Assyrian) (from a-shir leader)   Also Asur, Ashur. Originally the titular deity of an ancient Assyrian city of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jonah, Jonas, Yonah: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Jonah, Jonas, Yonah
Jonah, Jonas yonah (Hebrew) Dove; a Hebrew prophet, son of Amitai, about whom the Bible story relates that he heard the voice of the L...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oannes: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Oannes
Oannes. (Ancient Greek). Musarus Oannes, the Annedotus, known in the Chaldean "legends", transmitted through Berosus and oth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sennacherib: Encyclopedia Ii - Sennacherib - In Popular Culture
Lord Byron's poem The Destruction of Sennacherib ("The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold...") is a retelling of the story cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaldeans: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaldeans - Past
Their presence in the region predates the Islamic conquest, as they are one of the few remaining indegenous inhabitants of Mesopotamia (B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion - The Rivalry Between Assur And Marduk
Originally the patron god of the city of Assur, when this city became the centre of a growing and independent district, Assur was natural...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesopotamian Religion - The Rivalry Between Assur And Marduk
Originally the patron god of the city of Assur, when this city became the centre of a growing and independent district, Assur was natural...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assyrian Siege Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Assyrian Siege Of Jerusalem - Jerusalem Besieged
Sometime during the early part of the Assyrian invasion, Hezekiah met with his military staff concerning the possibility that Jerusalem m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaldeans: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaldeans - Present
The total population of Chaldo-Assyrians is estimated at 2.5 million worldwide. There are today an estimated 100,000 living in the United...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sennacherib: Encyclopedia Ii - Sennacherib - Sennacherib's Account
Sennacherib first recounts several of his previous victories, and how his enemies had become overwhelmed by his presence. He was able to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Jonah: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Jonah - Interpretive History
As with many canonical books, the Book of Jonah has had a long and varied interpretive history. This history spans from ancient rabbinic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Tobit: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Tobit - Significance
Catholics list the book of Tobit among the "historical books" of the Bible, but most scholars regard it more as a religious novel with ce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Book Of Tobit: Encyclopedia Ii - Book Of Tobit - Date Of Composition
The book was originally written in Aramaic, but the original was lost, so that the surviving Greek translation is considered the standard...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylon: Encyclopedia Ii - Babylon - History
The earliest mention of Babylon is in a dated tablet of the reign of Sargon of Akkad (24th century BC short chr.), who made it the capita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-air Preaching: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-air Preaching - Open-air Preaching As Protest
Street preaching frequently takes on a form of protest at public gatherings. Among today's best known practitioners of preaching-as-prote...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tell Halaf: Encyclopedia Ii - Tell Halaf - History
The site flourished from about 5050 to 4300 BCE. This period of time is sometimes referred to as the Halafian period. The Halafian cultur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balkh: Encyclopedia Ii - Balkh - Balkh In 1911
Because of a malaria outbreak during flood season at Balkh, the regional capital was shifted in the 1870s to Mazar-e Sharif. In 1911, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Cats In Ancient Egypt - Bubastis And The Cult Of The Cat
Although the cat cult was an significant religious movement by the birth of the New Kingdom it gained new importance when Shoshenq I deve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamia: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesopotamia - Later History
However part, in the northwest, became Roman. Under the Tetrarchy, this was divided into two provinces, called Osrhoene (around Edessa; r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Archaeological Sites Sorted By Continent And Age: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Archaeological Sites Sorted By Continent And Age - Asia
List of archaeological sites sorted by continent and age - Palaeolithic. Berekhat Ram, Israel Zhoukoudian, China List of archaeologi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enûma Elish: Encyclopedia Ii - Enûma Elish - Summary
The title means "When above." (Sumerian and Akkadian works were typically referred to by their first few words.) The epic names three pri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Balkh: Encyclopedia Ii - Balkh - Ancient Ruins Of Balkh
No professional archaeologist has ever been able to work at Balkh. The earlier Buddhist constructions have proved more durable than the I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Cats In Ancient Egypt - Cats In Other Religions
Feline reverence is not peculiar to Ancient Egyptian civilisation. Muslim theology maintains that the prophet Muhammad once found a cat s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Babylonian And Assyrian Religion - The Cult Of Anu
There are some reasons for believing that the oldest seat, and possibly the original seat, of the Anu cult was in Uruk, as that is where ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tell Halaf: Encyclopedia Ii - Tell Halaf - Discovery And Excavation
The site is located near the village of R'as al 'Ayn in the fertile Khabur valley (Nahr al Khabur) through which the Khabur river flows, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assyrian Siege Of Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Assyrian Siege Of Jerusalem - Hezekiah's Reforms
In 715 BCE, following the death of Ahaz, Hezekiah became the sole regent of Judah and initiated widespread religious reforms — smashing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Greece - List Of Greek Military Encounters
Military history of Greece - Prehistoric and ancient period. Trojan War Battle of Ephesus Persian Wars Battle of Marathon Battle of T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open-air Preaching: Encyclopedia Ii - Open-air Preaching - Open-air Preachers In Hollywood
The stereotypical street preacher of countless Hollywood films and television shows is usually depicted as male and carrying (or even wea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lost City: Encyclopedia Ii - Lost City - South America
Lost city - Inca cities. Machu Picchu — possibly Pachacuti's Family Palace Vilcabamba — currently known as Espiritu Pampa. Lost ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sumerian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sumerian Language - Chronology
The chronology of the Sumerian language may be divided into several periods according to linguistic and historical considerations: Archa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heraclius: Encyclopedia Ii - Heraclius - The War Against The Arabs
Unfortunately for Heraclius' war-weary empire, and unknown to him at the time, Muhammad had only recently succeeded in unifying all the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesopotamian Religion - The Cult Of Anu
There are some reasons for believing that the oldest seat, and possibly the original seat, of the Anu cult was in Uruk, as that is where ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alqosh: Encyclopedia Ii - Alqosh - Christianity And Alqosh
Since its establishment, Alqush was a place for worshiping whether for Assyrian god El-Qustu or Judaism when Jewish prisoners were brough...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alqosh: Encyclopedia Ii - Alqosh - Demographic And Social Status
According to the latest statistics, Alqush's population reaches 4,500 - 5,000. Alqush's population at one but was as high as 15,000 durin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veggietales: Encyclopedia Ii - Veggietales - History
The first VeggieTales video was released in 1993 by Big Idea Productions, and was the U.S.'s first completely computer animated video. Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zecharia Sitchin: Encyclopedia Ii - Zecharia Sitchin - Theories
Sitchin has recently put forth his own date for the next passage of Nibiru in the year 2085, but the date most talked about is 2012 which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Library - Some Famous Libraries
Other libraries: The St. Phillips Church Parsonage Provincial Library, established in 1698 in Charleston, South Carolina, was the first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - The Period Of Captivity
In 722 BCE, the Assyrians, under Shalmaneser, and then under Sargon, conquered Israel (the northern Kingdom), destroyed its capital Samar...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vii - N
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VII - N . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article