10 hours ago · Sumer and Akkad. Sumer (or Šumer) was one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East, [6] located in the southern part of Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) from the time of the earliest records in the mid 4th millennium BC until the rise of Babylonia in the late 3rd millennium BC. [7] [6] The term "Sumerian" applies to all speakers of the ...
Armenian leader of Babylonian revolt against the Achaemenid Empire
Nebuchadnezzar IV, alternatively spelled Nebuchadrezzar IV and also known by his original name Arakha ( ), was a nobleman of Urartian (Armenian) descent who in 521 BC seized power in Babylon, becoming the city's king and leading a revolt against the Persian Achaemenid Empire. His revolt began less than a year after the unsuccessful revolt of Nebuchadnezzar III and like his... Wikipedia
