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Category: Ancient Near Eastern History

The Amorite Kingdoms (2)

If we now return to the year two thousand and look at what was happening in the eastern arm of … More

Amorite Kingdoms

The Amorite Kingdoms

My last offering on the history of the Fertile Crescent brought us to around 2100BCE with the fall of the … More

Amorite Kingdoms

The Akkadian Empire (2)

By 2300 BCE, Sargon’s Empire stretched from the Eastern Mediterranean (modern day Lebanon, Syria and south-east Turkey) through the fertile … More

Akkadians

The Akkadian Empire (1)

Over the preceding years the fortunes of individual cities had waxed and waned. As one and then another gained a … More

Akkadians, Sargon the Great

A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (11)

  When Nebuchadrezzar died in 562 he was followed by his son Evil-Merodach but his reign was short. According to … More

History of the Fertile Crescent

A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (10)

  Nebuchadrezzar was not just a mighty warrior, he was also a patron of cities and a spectacular builder. He … More

History of the Fertile Crescent

A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (9)

  Once the capital Nineveh had fallen the Assyrians began to withdraw west and moved their capital west to Harran. … More

History of the Fertile Crescent

A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (8)

Sennacherib’s son, Esarhaddan , who reigned from 681 to 669 is noted for two events. In 680, he commenced the … More

History of the Fertile Crescent

A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (7)

In 853 BCE Shalmaneser III was defeated by a Levantine Alliance, led by Aram and Israel. However, the campaigns of … More

History of the Fertile Crescent

A brief history of the Fertile Crescent 3000BCE – 570BCE (6)

  Between 1206 and 1150 BC, the cultural collapse of the Mycenaean kingdoms, the Hittite Empire in Anatolia and northern … More

History of the Fertile Crescent

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