Indo-Europeans

15 09, 2017

Monotheism and polytheism – West Asian religion

By |2020-05-11T06:36:44-07:00September 15th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Monotheism and polytheism – West Asian religion

The Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar or Inanna What is polytheism? The earliest people in West Asia were all polytheistic: they all worshipped many gods. From 3000 BC to 539 BC, the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Assyrians and the Babylonians all [...]

14 09, 2017

Third Dynasty of Ur – Mesopotamia – West Asian history

By |2019-09-04T08:14:31-07:00September 14th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Third Dynasty of Ur – Mesopotamia – West Asian history

Standard of Ur This is the Middle Bronze Age in West Asia, about 2100 BC to 1700 BC. It corresponds roughly to the First Intermediate Period in Egypt, and just as in Egypt this [...]

14 09, 2017

Who were the Scythians? Central Asian history

By |2019-09-05T05:39:15-07:00September 14th, 2017|Central Asia|Comments Off on Who were the Scythians? Central Asian history

Scythian history: A Scythian milking a sheep (Tolstaja Mogila kurgan, Ukraine, 400 BC) Scythians lived in Central Asia The Scythians were a large group of loosely connected people who lived in [...]

14 09, 2017

Who were the Hittites? West Asian history

By |2019-09-05T05:39:53-07:00September 14th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Who were the Hittites? West Asian history

Hittites: musicians in long and short tunics (1500 BC, modern Turkey) History of the Hittites The Hittites were Indo-European people. They seem to have moved south from the Caspian Sea into southern Turkey around 2000 [...]

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