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14 09, 2017

West Asian history – The Levant, Mesopotamia, and Iran

By |2019-09-05T05:40:01-07:00September 14th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on West Asian history – The Levant, Mesopotamia, and Iran

Map of West Asia People also call West Asia the Near East or the Middle East. It is the part of Asia that is closest to the Mediterranean Sea. West Asia [...]

11 09, 2017

West Asian architecture – Ancient Mesopotamian architecture

By |2019-09-05T06:00:48-07:00September 11th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on West Asian architecture – Ancient Mesopotamian architecture

Mesopotamian architecture: The Ishtar Gate of ancient Babylon, built during the Neo-Babylonian period (600s BC). Now in Berlin. Mesopotamian architecture Builders in Mesopotamia always had a serious problem. There was not [...]

24 08, 2017

Persia and the Jews – West Asian history

By |2019-10-16T08:35:34-07:00August 24th, 2017|History, Religion, West Asia|Comments Off on Persia and the Jews – West Asian history

Persia and the Jews: The remains of the Second Temple in Jerusalem The Persians let the Jews go home In 536 BC, Cyrus the Great, the king of the Persians, conquered the Babylonian [...]

23 08, 2017

Babylonian captivity – Jewish history

By |2019-02-07T19:16:42-08:00August 23rd, 2017|History, West Asia|Comments Off on Babylonian captivity – Jewish history

Seal of King Hezekiah, from Judah, about 700 BC Israel and Judah fight wars Unfortunately for the Jews, the Assyrians did not hold West Asia for very much longer. During the 700s BC, the Assyrians began [...]

21 08, 2017

Where do Easter eggs come from? History of religion

By |2019-11-21T09:24:47-08:00August 21st, 2017|Religion|Comments Off on Where do Easter eggs come from? History of religion

Ostrich eggshell from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa (60,000 BC) When did people start dyeing eggs? Easter eggs go back long before Easter, and even long before the beginning of farming. As [...]

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