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4 hours ago · It appears as Kinâḫna (Akkadian: 𒆳𒆠𒈾𒄴𒈾, KUR ki-na-aḫ-na) in the Amarna letters (14th century BC) and several other ancient Egyptian texts. In Greek, it first occurs in the writings of Hecataeus (c. 550–476 BC) as "Khna" (Χνᾶ). It is attested in Phoenician on coins from Berytus dated to the 2nd century BC.
- Ghassulian
Replica of bronze sceptre from the Nahal Mishmar hoard (at...
- Canaan (Disambiguation)
Places Canada. Rural Municipality of Canaan No. 225,...
- Promised Land
The Promised Land (Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ha'aretz...
- Canaanism
Canaanism was a cultural and ideological movement which was...
- Levantine Archaeology
Dwelling foundations unearthed at Tell es-Sultan in Jericho....
- Haplogroup T-M184
Haplogroup T-M184, also known as Haplogroup T, is a human...
- Assyrian Empires
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , māt Aššur) was a major...
- Punics
Carthaginian sphere of influence 264 BC. The Punic people,...
- Ghassulian
1 day ago · By the mid-14th century BC, the Phoenician city-states were considered "favored cities" to the Egyptians. Tyre, Sidon, Beirut, and Byblos were regarded as the most important. The Phoenicians had considerable autonomy, and their cities were reasonably well developed and prosperous.
1 day ago · The oldest extant mathematical records from India are the Sulba Sutras (dated variously between the 8th century BC and the 2nd century AD), appendices to religious texts which give simple rules for constructing altars of various shapes, such as squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and others.
1 day ago · Early life Family and youth Tiberius and his mother Livia, AD 14–19, from Paestum, National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid Tiberius was born in Rome on 16 November 42 BC to Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. Both of his biological parents belonged to the gens Claudia, an ancient patrician family that came to prominence in the early years of the republic. His mother was also a ...
4 hours ago · Falash Mura is the name given to those of the Beta Israel community in Ethiopia who converted to Christianity under pressure from Christian missionaries during the 19th century and the 20th century. [133] [134] This term consists of Jews who did not adhere to Jewish law, as well as Jewish converts to Christianity, who did so either voluntarily ...
1 day ago · From the beginning of the 2nd century BC, power was contested between two groups of aristocrats: the optimates, representing the conservative part of the Senate, and the populares, which relied on the help of the plebs (urban lower class) to gain power. In the same period, the bankruptcy of the small farmers and the establishment of large slave ...
1 day ago · Zadar (US: / ˈ z ɑː d ɑːr / ZAH-dar, Croatian pronunciation: ⓘ;; Italian: Zara pronounced, see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia.It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region.
