“Organization” is a relatively modern term, but people with common views and interests joined together in structured associations or societies in the first century just as they do today.1Ancient peoples worshiped various gods, but did not generally think of themselves as having a “religion” ...
Central Asia’s dramatic landscapes and unique urban centers are proving to be particularly alluring. Leading the way is Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, which as we recently reported has become the region’s new “Capital of Cool.”
AntiochMediterraneanItalyMinorcaEgyptCyprusAt the beginning of the third century bce, persons this volume designates as "Jews" lived not only in the region they considered their ancestral homeland (the land of Israel), but in various other parts of the ancient world, including Egypt, especially ...
"And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of the Lord did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof."Reformatted by Katie StewartIMPORTANT! To avoid broken links, due to file length, please wait for the page to ...
Ancient Cities in the Fertile Crescent Considered the “cradle of civilization,” the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East was home to all seven of the largest cities in the world in 3,000 BCE. The Sumerian city of Uruk (modern-day Iraq), allegedly home to the legendary king Gilgamesh, ...
If so, we are here standing, as it were, at the wellhead of a mighty river, and the thin stream of water assumes importance when we remember the thousand miles of its course, and the league-broad estuary in which it pours itself into the ocean. Here is the beginning; the Europe of ...
Central Asia’s dramatic landscapes and unique urban centers are proving to be particularly alluring. Leading the way is Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, which as we recently reported has become the region’s new “Capital of Cool.”