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• Nabonidus
  ...ing the city’s chief god, [[Marduk]], and elevating the moon god, [[Sin (mythology)|Sin]], to the highest status. In fact, Nabonidus left the capital for ten Meanwhile, the Persian [[Achaemenid Empire]] to the east, led by [[Cyrus the Great]], had been gaining strength. King Cyrus had beco
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• Chaldean Babylonian Empire
  |region = Middle East ...nian ruling period ended with the reign of [[Nabonidus]] in 539 BC. To the east, the Persians had been growing in strength, and eventually [[Cyrus the Grea
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• Nabonidus/en
  ...se histories from times of change and dissolving order in the ancient Near East'' (Winona Lake IN: Eisenbrauns 2007), 137-66.</ref> ...erracotta cylinder by Nabonidus concerning repairs on the temple of [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]], [[British Museum]]]]
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• Akitu
  ...k-Latn|rêš-šattim}}'', "head of the year") was a [[spring festival]] in ancient [[Mesopotamia]].The Chaldean Babylonian Akitu festival was celebrated origi ...00 B.C., and is believed to have been deeply intertwined with religion and mythology. During the Akitu, statues of the gods were paraded through the city street
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• Easter Egg
  ...ection.|date=22 Jan 2002|accessdate =7 April 2012}}</ref> In addition, one ancient tradition was the staining of Easter eggs with the colour red "in memory of ...of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago.<ref>Treasures from Roy
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• Assur
  {{Infobox ancient site The ancient city was occupied from the mid-3rd millennium BC (Circa 2600–2500 BC) to
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• Alqosh
  Alqush traces its history back into the ancient [[Chaldean and Assyrian empires]] and perhaps even further. The earliest me ...vided into four quarters: Sainna quarter to the west, Qasha quarter to the east, O’do quarter to the north, and Khatetha quarter to the south.
  32 KB (4,945 words) - 11:00, 7 August 2015
• Sumer
  ...{Cite web|url=http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/TRC/MESO/writing.html|title=Ancient Mesopotamia. Teaching materials|publisher=Oriental Institute in collaborati ...0of%20the%20originating%20Samarran%20culture%22&f=false | title = The Near East: Archaeology in the "Cradle of Civilization" | isbn = 978-0-415-04742-5 | a
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• Mesopotamia
  ...f the [[Parthian Empire]]. Mesopotamia became a battleground between the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] and Parthians, with parts of Mesopotamia coming under ephemer ...Turkey]].<ref name=fosterpolingerfoster>{{citation |title=Civilizations of ancient Iraq |last1=Foster |first1=Benjamin R. |last2=Polinger Foster |first2=Karen
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• Babylonia
  {{about|the ancient (pre-539 BC) empires|the region called Chaldea or Babylonia by Jewish sourc '''Chaldea or Babylonia''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|æ|b|ə|ˈ|l|oʊ|n|i|ə}}) is an ancient [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]-speaking [[Semitic]] [[state (polity)|state]
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• Nabonidus/fr
  ...se histories from times of change and dissolving order in the ancient Near East'' (Winona Lake IN: Eisenbrauns 2007), 137-66.</ref> ...erracotta cylinder by Nabonidus concerning repairs on the temple of [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]], [[British Museum]]]]
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• Babylonian calendar
  ...] and [[Ishtar]] on the 7th, [[Ninlil]] and [[Nergal]] on the 14th, [[Sin (mythology)|Sin]] and [[Shamash]] on the 21st, and [[Enki]] and [[Mah]] on the 28th. T {{Portal|Ancient Near East}}
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• Akkadian language
  |fam3=[[East Semitic languages|East Semitic]] ...mpire|Akkad]] (central [[Mesopotamia]]); [[lingua franca]] of the [[Middle East]] and [[Egypt]] in the late [[Bronze Age|Bronze]] and early [[Iron Age]]s.
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