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The Book of Tobit ( / ˈtoʊbɪt / ), [a] also known as the Book of Tobias, is a 3rd or early 2nd century BC work describing how God tests the faithful, responds to prayers, and protects the covenant community (i.e., the Israelites). [1] It tells the story of two Israelite families, that of the blind Tobit in Nineveh and of the abandoned Sarah ...
The position of Ecbatana is no doubt in Hamadan. The Urmia position and its relationship with Takht-i Suleiman has long been disproven. c/f Article in Encyclopedia Iranica. I have also done a journal search in JSTOR and google and there is no new evidence that the city was anywhere other than Hamadan. If there is any other evidence then it ...
Dec 15, 1997 · Ecbatana (48°31’ E, 34°48’ N; alt. 1,800 m) is in the Zagros mountains of central-west Persia at the base of the eastern slope of the Alvand range (the classical Mount Orontes; Diodorus Siculus, 2.13.7; Polybius, 10.27; “Iasonius mons” of Ammianus Marcellinus, 23.6.39). The city controls the major east-west route through the central ...
Ctesiphon was founded in the late 120s BC. It was built on the site of a military camp established across from Seleucia by Mithridates I of Parthia. The reign of Gotarzes I saw Ctesiphon reach a peak as a political and commercial center. The city became the Empire's capital circa 58 BC during the reign of Orodes II.
Ecbatana ( AFI: [ekˈbatana] [1]; in persiano antico 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴, Hagmatāna; in greco antico: Ἀγβάτανα?, Agbàtana e Ἐκβάτανα, Ekbàtana) è stata una città del Vicino Oriente antico, capitale del Regno dei Medi. Fu poi capitale della satrapia achemenide di Media e residenza estiva degli imperatori persiani.
Ekbatana, koja se nalazila podno planine Alvand, u vrijeme perzijskih kraljeva (od sredine 6. stoljeća pr. Kr.) iz dinastije Ahemenida postaje njihovom ljetnom rezidencijom. [1] Grad je nakon perzijskog ustanka 550. pr. Kr. osvojio Kir Veliki i priključio ga Perzijskom Carstvu. Vladar Artakserkso II. u Ekbatani je dao izgraditi veliku terasu ...
Ecbatana. Ecbătăna (-orum n.) ( Graece Ἐκβάτανα vel Ἀγβάτανα; Lingua Persica Antiqua Hagmatana; Lingua Persica Moderna همدان Hamadān) est perantiqua urbs Iraniana, caput olim Mediae, nunc provinciae Hamadanensis .