Ancient West Asian
The many ancient cultures and styles that developed in the vast geographical area extending from Turkey in the west to Iran in the east.
Ancient West Asian
The many ancient cultures and styles that developed in the vast geographical area extending from Turkey in the west to Iran in the east.
Basics to get you started
Ancient West Asia: cradle of civilization
Tiny timeline: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in a global context, 5th–3rd millennia B.C.E.
Tiny timeline: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in a global context, 2nd–1st millennia B.C.E.
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Akkad, an introduction
Amorites, an introduction
Hittites, an introduction
Canaanites, an introduction
Ancient Persia, an introduction
Assyria, an introduction
Babylonia, an introduction
Sasanian art, an introduction
Sumer, an introduction
The Babylonian mind
Cuneiform, an introduction
Writing cuneiform
Visiting Babylon
Assyrian sculpture
Zoroastrianism, an introduction
Jewish history to the middle ages
Works of Art
Periods, Cultures, Styles
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Sumerian
c. 5500–2004 B.C.E.
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Canaanite
c. 4500–1150 B.C.E.
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Amorite
c. 2400–1500 B.C.E.
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Akkadian
c. 2334–2193 B.C.E.
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Neo-Sumerian (Ur III)
c. 2112–2004 B.C.E.
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Babylonian
c. 1894–539 B.C.E.
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Palmyra
c. 1800 B.C.E.–273 C.E.
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Kassite
c. 1600–1000 B.C.E.
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Hittite
c. 1400–1200 B.C.E.
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Assyrian
c. 1365–609 B.C.E.
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Persian (Achaemenid Empire)
c. 550–330 B.C.E.
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Nabataean
323 B.C.E–105 C.E.
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Parthian
247 B.C.E.–224 C.E.
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Sasanian
224–651 C.E.