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῾Abbasid Caliphate (Map)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
῾Abbasid Caliphate (A-Z entry)
As the result of a revolution that culminated In 750 ce in the defeat of the last Umayyad caliph, Marwan ibn Muhammad , on ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Abiathar (A-Z entry)
A priest in the army of King David ( 2 Sam. 20: 25 ), who later supported Adonijah's unsuccessful bid for the throne against ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abijah (A-Z entry)
The best-known of four OT characters of this name was the son and successor of Rehoboam . He was king of Judah ( 911 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abimelech (A-Z entry)
Son of Gideon (or Jerubbaal) and a concubine from Shechem . Upon the death of Gideon, Abimelech got himself proclaimed king at Shechem ( ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
AD (A-Z entry)
Latin, anno domini , ‘in the year of the Lord’, commonly used by Christians to indicate dates, from the supposed date of the birth ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Africa (A-Z entry)
Names and Words for Africa. Africa appears throughout the Bible from Genesis 2.11–13 , where the sources of the Nile River are located in ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Agag (A-Z entry)
King of the Amalekites , whose life was spared by Saul after Israel's victory. For this act of mercy he was denounced by the ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
῾Ajlun (A-Z entry)
site located above Wadi Kafranja, one of three valleys between the two lakes which climb from the Jordan Valley up to the Transjordanian plateau ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Akkade (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Akkade (A-Z entry)
capital city, location unknown, of the Akkadian Empire ( c. 2290 – 2200 bce ), created and maintained by Sargon and his dynastic successors. ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Akkadians (Map)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Akkadians (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Akkadians (A-Z entry)
Although the origin of the term is unknown, Akkadians refers to a Semitic-speaking people living in northern Babylonia in about 2400 – 2100 bce ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Alalakh Texts (A-Z entry)
British-led archaeological teams, directed by C. Leonard Woolley from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1946 to 1949 , excavated more than 515 texts ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (A-Z entry)
The W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research ( AIAR ) in Jerusalem is the oldest American research center for ancient Near Eastern studies ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Alexander III (“The Great”) (A-Z entry)
Macedonian, born in 356 BCE . After the assassination of his father, Philip II , at Aegae in 336 , Alexander ascended to the ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Alexander's Empire and its Aftermath: The Hellenistic Period (Chapters)
It was the rise to power of Alexander the Great of Macedon which brought about the downfall of the Persian Empire. In 334 he ...
Source: Oxford Bible Atlas
Alexander the Great (A-Z entry)
( 356 – 323 bce ) King of Macedon from 336 who conquered the Persian Empire. Greek culture then permeated the Mediterranean region and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Alexandrian Empire (Map)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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