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5 days ago · 1880,0617.1941 [1] The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder, now broken into several pieces, on which is written an Achaemenid royal inscription in Akkadian cuneiform script in the name of Persian king Cyrus the Great. [2] [3] It dates from the 6th century BC and was discovered in the ruins of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon (now ...
- About 539–538 BC
- Achaemenid Empire
- Baked clay
2 days ago · The Cyrus Cylinder. This royal inscription of Persian King Cyrus the Great commemorates his conquest of Babylon, portraying it as a peaceful event guided by Marduk himself. Cyrus was chosen by the Babylonian god to deliver the land from Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus, portrayed as a failed, oppressive, impious tyrant.
2 days ago · The Neo-Babylonian Empire or Second Babylonian Empire, historically known as the Chaldean Empire, was the last polity ruled by monarchs native to Mesopotamia. Beginning with the coronation of Nabopolassar as the King of Babylon in 626 BC and being firmly established through the fall of the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC, the Neo-Babylonian Empire was conquered by the Achaemenid Persian Empire in ...
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1 day ago · The Aramaic scripts of North Arabia. Aramaic was probably introduced into North Arabia as an official written language by the last king of Babylon, Nabonidus. In 553 BC, he conquered Taymāʾ, Dadan (modern al-ʿUlā), Yathrib (modern Medina) and three other oases on the frankincense route and stayed at Taymāʾ for 10 years.
5 days ago · Scientists have created the face of an Egyptian king, who is considered the richest man who ever lived. According to a New York Post report, this is the first time in 3,400 years that the face of ...
1 day ago · King Lear, George Frederick Bensell. King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning love. The King's third daughter, Cordelia, is ...
1 day ago · Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga takes place in the same universe as the earlier Mad Max movies, but its heroine is Furiosa.Fury Road made Furiosa the franchise’s main character, so Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is continuing her story by filling in the blanks left behind by that fast-paced 2015 chase thriller.
