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Alexander's Empire and its Aftermath: The Hellenistic Period (Chapters)
It was the rise to power of Alexander the Great of Macedon which brought about the downfall of the Persian Empire. In 334 he ...
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
Amarna Letters (A-Z entry)
Discovered in 1887 , the archive of El‐Amarna in Egypt has yielded 379 cuneiform tablets that are among the most precious finds of Near ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Amarna Tablets (A-Z entry)
Tell el-Amarna (ancient Akhenaten) in middle Egypt was, in the fourteenth century bce , the capital city of Akhenaten, or Amenophis IV. In 1887 ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Amon (A-Z entry)
King of Judah ( 642 – 640 BCE ), father of Josiah . He was murdered apparently by opponents of his policy of appeasement ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Aqueduct at Caesarea (Image)
Aqueduct at Caesarea, from the time of Herod, constructed to bring water from the hills.
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
Aram (A-Z entry)
Aram is a name of both places and persons. As a place name it refers usually to Aram‐Damascus ( Map 1:Z2 ), a powerful ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Assyria (A-Z entry)
One of the great empires of the ancient world, occupying a fertile area east of the River Tigris , corresponding to modern northern Iraq. ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Assyria (A-Z entry)
Located on the west bank of the Tigris (Qal῾at Sherqat), forty miles south of the Upper Zab tributary, Assyria (Ashur) is the designation of ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Assyria (A-Z entry)
The ancient land of Assyria ( Map 6: H3–4 ), located in what is now northeastern Iraq, drew its name from the small settlement ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
The Assyrian Empire (Chapters)
Much of our knowledge of the Assyrians comes from records they left behind, in particular through royal annals. In using these records, it is ...
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
Athaliah (A-Z entry)
The only queen to rule Judah ( 843 – 837 BCE ); she organized a purge of male rivals—except one, Joash , who murdered ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
The Babylonian Empire (Chapters)
The Beginning of the Neo‐Babylonian (Chaldean) Empire The Babylonians, more correctly called the Neo‐Babylonians or Chaldeans to distinguish them from an earlier era of ...
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
Decapolis (A-Z entry)
The territory of ten Greek cities founded by Alexander the Great the Great and successors about 323 CE to the east of the Sea ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Decapolis (A-Z entry)
The Decapolis was a league of ten cities founded by Alexander the Great and his successors around 323 BCE . By the first century ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Decapolis (A-Z entry)
( Gk., “ten cities” ), an administrative district or region of Greek cities located in northern Transjordan, southern Syria, and northern Palestine. The original ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Egypt (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Egypt (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Egypt (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Egypt (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Egypt (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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