Assyrian might was reflected in the imposing palaces, libraries and sculptures of the Assyrian kings. Babylonian culture was outstanding in literature, mathematics and astronomy, and the great ...
Babylon has resonated in Judeo-Christian ... Nebuchadrezzar II (reigned 605-561 B.C.). Koldewey’s finds revealed an ancient locus of culture and political power. These excavations unearthed ...
Amsler demonstrates exceptional command of a wide range of sources and contexts, combined with a keen sensitivity to the material and social dimensions of late ancient knowledge ... The Babylonian ...
CULTURE: Late Babylonian. DATE: ca ... is the key to understanding all manner of cultural activities in the ancient Near East—from determining what was known of the cosmos and its workings ...
Persian rule left Babylon with most of its institutions intact, it became one of the richest satrapies of the empire, and it became one of the world’s most magnificent cities, according to Greek ...