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6 days ago · Inscription now known to mean "Xerxes the Great King, King of Kings, son of Darius the King, an Achaemenian". Today known as XPe, the text of fourteen inscriptions in three languages (Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian) from the Palace of Xerxes in Persepolis.
May 13, 2024 · On the cylinder is an account detailing the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC by Persian king Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, who had created the largest empire of the era. It also describes the capture of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon. The account was inscribed in cuneiform text and has been dated to between 539 and ...
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May 15, 2024 · The Great King of Akkadians The stele portrays Naram-Sin as a divine ruler, with his figure towering over his defeated enemies, symbolizing his unparalleled power and authority. He is depicted wearing a horned helmet, a symbol of divinity in Mesopotamian culture, and is adorned with royal regalia, including a flowing beard and a ceremonial robe.
May 23, 2024 · Many of us know the story of Esther, a Jewish woman who married the King of Persia and saved her people from a genocide. As the story goes, the Persian king, after divorcing his wife, chooses to marry Esther. When Haman, an adviser to the king, issued an edict to wipe out all the Jews, Esther approaches the king to find a way to save her people.
May 21, 2024 · Xerxes by Richard Stoneman The first full-scale account of a Persian king vilified by history Xerxes, Great King of the Persian Empire from 486-465 B.C., has gone down in history as an angry tyrant full of insane ambition. The stand of Leonidas and the 300 against his army at Thermopylae is a byword for courage, while the failure of Xerxes ...
May 17, 2024 · God placed her in King Xerxes harem at just the right time, and she rose to a position of power, enabling her to rescue her people from annihilation. In a great display of faith and surrender to the sovereign will of God, she staked her life in approaching her pagan husband to beg for the lives of the Jews.
6 days ago · Esther's drama deals with power, money, intrigue, hatred and murder. It includes a beauty pageant, a royal household and a deadly rivalry. The author uses many writing techniques including humor ...
