Tag Medes

Our World has Roots in the Distant Past

Early Civilization Spreads by Land and Sea

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Our World has Roots in the Distant Past

Now Hiram, King of Tyre, sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him King. . . And Solomon sent word to Hiram, “ . . . I purpose to build a house for the name…

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March 27, 2018

Early Civilizations 400,000 B.C - 648 B. C.

A New People, a New Faith 650 B. C. – 330 B. C

This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series Early Civilizations 400,000 B.C – 648 B.C.

BABYLON, the final capital of Mesopotamia civilization, had fallen to warrior tribesmen from the east, the Medes and Persians. The Medes and Persians were descended from the Aryan peoples who for centuries had been moving out of the grasslands of…

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June 9, 2017

Early Civilizations 400,000 B.C - 648 B. C.

The Rise of the Assyrians 1600 B. C. – 539 B. C.

This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series Early Civilizations 400,000 B.C – 648 B.C.

During the century after the Hittites had raided Babylon and rose to power in Turkey and Syria, Mesopotamia was a divided unproductive land. In the south, Babylonia fell under the rule of foreigners, first the Kassites from the northeast and…

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June 9, 2017