the pride of the whole earth seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations! 耶利米书 51:41 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV) 41“Babylon will be captured! The whole earth was very proud of it. ...
How big was the Babylonian Empire?Babylonian Empire:The Babylonian Empire was founded in 1894 BC when the Babylonians took the place of the Sumerians in the region. The Empire lasted until 539 BC when the Persians defeated the Babylonians....
The Persian Empire was a mighty empire that threatened the Greek city-states. The Persian Empire, led by King Xerxes I, invaded the Greek city-states in 480 BC. The Persians were much more powerful and had a larger army than the Greek city-states. They had also been victorious against ot...
What a horror Babylon has become among the nations! American Standard VersionHow is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!Contemporary English VersionBabylonia was a hammer pounding every country, but now it lies broken. What...
“How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]!Christian Standard BibleShining morning star, how you have fallen from the heavens! You destroyer of ...
Its center was the city of Akkad. The empire collapsed due to the invasions by the Gutians. So, the Akkadian Empire lasted roughly 200 years. 9. Third Dynasty of Ur (Sumer) After the invasion by the Gutians, there was a resurgence of the Sumerian Kingdom around 2050 BC. This lasted ...
Cyrus, a merciful leader, allowed the Jews to return to their home city, Jerusalem, with all their sacred objects and could rebuild their Temple. He was a respected king for he allowed the practices of Assyria, Babylonia, Egyptian, and Lydia to occur in his palace. Even after he died, ...
centers of Greek power were the city-states of Athens, Sparta and Thebes to the south, whose leaders regarded the Macedonians as barbarians. It was Alexander’s father, Philip, who single-handedly transformed the Macedonian army into one of the most feared fighting machines in the ancient ...
A year prior to the church’s establishment in 1830, Joseph Smith received a revelation in which he wasinstructedto “seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion.” Before the church, came the cause—the reason why the church exists at all. This latter-day preoccupation with establi...
western half of present-day Turkey. As he contemplated an attack on the rising power of now-neighboring Persia, Croesus dispatched a messenger to consult theGreek Oracle at Delphi. “If Croesus goes to war, he will destroy a great empire,” the medium to the godswas said to have reported...