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1 day ago · Uruk, today known as Warka, was a city in the ancient Near East situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates. The site lies 93 kilometers (58 miles) northwest of ancient Ur, 108 kilometers (67 miles) southeast of ancient Nippur, and 24 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of ancient Larsa.
- Erech (Middle-earth)
Gondor is a fictional kingdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's...
- Uruk (Disambiguation)
Uruk was a city in ancient Sumer.. Uruk may also refer to: ....
- Uruk-hai
An orc (sometimes spelt ork; / ɔːr k /), in J. R. R....
- Sumerian King List
The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the...
- Erech (Middle-earth)
1 day ago · The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the fourth and penultimate stage of ancient Assyrian history. Beginning with the accession of Adad-nirari II in 911 BC, the Neo-Assyrian Empire grew to dominate the ancient Near East and parts of Caucasus, North Africa and East Mediterranean throughout much of the 9th to 7th centuries BC, becoming the largest empire in history up to that point.
4 days ago · Ur, important city of ancient southern Mesopotamia (Sumer) near the Euphrates River. It became the capital of Sumerian kings of the 1st dynasty of Ur. Some of the most important preserved monuments, including the ziggurat, belong to the 3rd dynasty.
- Leonard Woolley
21 hours ago · Sumerian (Sumerian: 𒅴𒂠, romanized:Emeg̃ir, lit.'' native language '') was the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the oldest attested languages, dating back to at least 2900 BC. It is accepted to be a local language isolate and to have been spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-day Iraq .
4 days ago · L'Esclave rebelle, Michel-Ange, XVIe siècle. L' esclavage est un système juridique et social qui applique le droit de propriété aux individus, dits esclaves. Par opposition un individu ne faisant pas l'objet d'un tel droit de propriété est dit libre. Le propriétaire d'un esclave est quant à lui appelé maître.
2 days ago · Inanna [a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar [b] (and occasionally the logogram 𒌋𒁯 ). Her primary title is "the ...
1 day ago · Canaan (/ ˈ k eɪ n ən /; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 – KNʿN; Hebrew: כְּנַעַן – Kənáʿan, in pausa כְּנָעַן – Kənāʿan; Biblical Greek: Χανααν – Khanaan; Arabic: كَنْعَانُ – Kan‘ān) was a Semitic-speaking civilization and region of the Southern Levant in the Ancient Near East during the late 2nd millennium BC.
