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  • ...ylonians believed the world was symbolically cleansed and recreated by the gods in preparation for the new year and the return of spring. ...the 'house of the New year' which was situated north of the city. The two gods who were in the center of the festival were NabĂ» and his father, the supre
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  • ...e|Romans]] and Parthians, with parts of Mesopotamia coming under ephemeral Roman control. In AD 226, it fell to the Sassanid Persians and remained under Per **[[Mesopotamia (Roman province)|Roman Mesopotamia]], [[Roman province|Roman]] (2nd century AD)
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  • ...e wrathful at the impiety of Nabonidus in removing the images of the local gods from their ancestral shrines to his capital Babylon. ...a brief interlude of [[Roman Empire|Roman]] conquest ([[Roman Assyria]], [[Roman Mesopotamia]]; AD 116 to 118) under [[Trajan]], after which the Parthians r
    81 KB (12,115 words) - 06:54, 21 June 2015