Uruk’s city-wide and centuries-long building boom was not comparable to ancient Egypt’s a little later, when monuments were dedicated to the glorification and immortality of dynasties of ruthless rulers. Unlike Uruk, Egyptian tombs and temples were built to last to the end of time. Here, b...
Also, the preservation of the name of the city, with onlya slight shift of the middle consonants, attests to the longevity of this settlement.The importance of Nippur may be explained by its strategic position at the bor-ders of North and South Babylonia or, earlier, between Akkad and ...
The modern name of the site is Nimrud, thereby preserving the name of the ancient founder of the city. 这个地方现今叫做尼姆鲁德,保留了建造这城的古人(宁录)的名字。 jw2019 * (Revelation 17:5) That name calls to mind the ancient city of Babylon, where false religion started up after...
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Among the most famous are the great independent cities of the ancient world, such as Athens, Sparta, Carthage, Thebes, Corinth, and Rome
The ruins of the city of Samaria/Shomron are located on the top of a high hill, on the west side of the ancient route from Shechem to the north. On the eastern slopes of the hill is the Arab village of Sebaste, and 1km to the south is the new settlement of Shavey Shomron. ...
The Abbasid caliphs established their capital in Baghdad, about fifty miles north of ancient Babylon, and they wanted to adorn the new city with physical and human marvels. They collected scholars as if they were valuable baubles and eventually massed those minds in the House of Wisdom, a so...
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This mound in Israel marking the ancient city of Arad is west of the Dead Sea. A bergi disi di de na ini Israel, de na a westsei fu a Dede Se, pe na owruten foto Arad ben de. jw2019 Regarding Babylon the Great, the worldwide system of false religion, Revelation 18:21, 24...
Ephesus became known as"The first and greatest metropolis of Asia."It was famous for its: Temple of Artemis— said to be the largest building of the ancient world (according to Pausanias), and one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world (according to Antipater of Sidon, who compiled the...
O powerful city of Babylon! Your punishment came in one hour!’ “The merchants will be afraid of her suffering and will stand far away from her. They are the ones who became rich from selling those things to her. They will cry and be sad. They will say, ...