king Cyrus ofPersiagave an elected leader ofJudahnamed Sheshbazzar back all the sacred items that kingNebuchadnezzarofBabylonhad taken from the temple ofYHWH(Ezra 1:8 and 1:11). Sheshbazzar spearheaded the first wave of returnees, and laid the foundation of the restored temple inJerusalem(Ezra...
The Euphrates is the signature river ofBabylon, and it flows from the Turkish heartland towards thePersianGulf. John says that the dry river bed will be a highway for the kings of the east, but following the river Euphrates would lead them nowhere near Megiddo. Even if the river's dryness...
Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. America.is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. Standing with God and the crush...
Closely related tomono no awareiswabi-sabi, an aesthetic of impermanence and imperfection that is rooted in Zen Buddhism.Wabi-sabicalls upon the espousal of transience and inadequacy to foster a sense of serenity andspirituallonging. Hagi pots with their pockmarked surfaces, cracked glaze, and sign...
Tower of Babel, in biblical literature, structure built in the land of Shinar (Babylonia) some time after the Deluge. The story of its construction, given in Genesis 11:1–9, appears to be an attempt to explain the existence of diverse human languages.
The prehistory of Islamdom is the history of central Afro-Eurasia fromHammurabiof Babylon to the AchaemenidCyrus IIin Persia toAlexander the Greatto the Sāsānian emperorAnūshirvanto Muhammad in Arabia; or, in a Muslim view, fromAdamtoNoahtoAbrahamtoMosestoJesusto Muhammad. The potential for Mus...
The meaning of BABYLONIA is ancient country in the valley of the lower Euphrates and Tigris rivers coinciding with the plain between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf; capital Babylon.
Mesopotamia was a region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from which human civilization and world-changing inventions emerged.
"a country between two rivers," from fem. of mesopotamos, from mesos "middle" (from PIE… See origin and meaning of mesopotamia.
"the Assyrian land," from fem. of Assyrios "pertaining to Assyria," from Akkadian… See origin and meaning of assyria.