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The Ancient Shepherd Kings: The Relationship Between Bronze Age Kings And Their Subjects

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Legendary Kings Of Sumer And Akkad: Heroes Who Ruled Thousands Of Years, As Appointed By The Gods

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Persian Wars: Expansion or Retribution? A look at the Wars that united a Country and doomed an Empire

By: James Tennant

The Priest Kings Of Ancient Iraq: With The Growth Of The City-States Kingship Is Born

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Qadesh In The Amarna Age: How This Syrian City Became The Front Line For Imperial Conquest

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Mesopotamia – Sumer and the First City-States: The Fertile Crescent Gives Rise to City-States

By: Shri Desai

Qadesh, Jewel Of The Orontes: The Story Of A City Founded In Ancient Syria

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Leadership Traits of Cyrus the Great: Characteristics of Leading Applicable in a Post Modern Society

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Battle Of Megiddo: An Egyptian Army Faces A Coalition Of Enemies In Palestine

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Tawananna of Ancient Hatti: The Exalted Religious Status of the Hittite Queen

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Plague Prayers of Mursili II: An Ancient Hittite King’s Crimes Against The Gods

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

King Suppililiuma The Great: The Story Of The Conqueror Who Built The Hittite Empire

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

How History Discovered the Hurrians: A Look At A Mystery Unraveled And A Culture Revealed

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Caravans Of Treasure And A Goddess Go To Egypt: The Story Of Legendary Gifts And Well Wishes Sent To Akenaten

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Diplomatic Tension In The Late Bronze Age: Akhenaten's Sparse Gift Of Egyptian Gold Embarasses A Mittani King

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

A Fragile Alliance Between Late Bronze Age Kings: Mittani King Tushratta Makes An Elaborate Request For Egyptian Gold

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Tushratta and The Mittani / Egyptian Alliance: In Desperation, A Bronze Age King Reopens Relations With Egypt

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

A Babyonian Princess And Her Dowry: Ancient Clay Tablets Reveal a Vast Royal Treasure.

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Babylonian King Writes to Akhenaten: Burnaburiash Requests a Menagerie and a Proper Escort for a Bride

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Amarna Letters of Kadashman-Enlil: Inside the Negotiations of an Ancient Diplomatic Marriage Alliance.

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Rise of Assyria in the Late Bronze Age: How Assyria Rose From a Vassal of Mittanni to a Rival of Babylonia

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Amenhotep III and the Missing Princess: The Story Behind Amarna Letter 1

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Rise And Fall Of The Amarna Age: Geopolitics In The Ancient Near East During The Late Bronze Age

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Mt. Sinai in Ancient Near East History: Environmental Features Enhanced the Notion of the Home of Deity

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Ancient Near East Trade Patterns: Mesopotamian and Egyptian Commerce Began with Civilization

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Sennacherib's Siege of Jerusalem 701 BC: Differing Accounts on why Hezekiah Rebelled and Prevailed

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Constantinople and the Bosporus: The Strategic City and Waterway Where Europe Meets Asia

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Syria And Anatolia In The Early Bronze Age: The Growth Of Cities, Technology and Trade, ca. 3000 B.C.E

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Sumer And Akkad In The Early Bronze Age: The City-States Of Southern Iraq, ca. 3,000 B.C.E.

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Wine in the Ancient Near East & Mediterranean: The Oldest Beverage Served Many Purposes in Everyday Life

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Ancient Tarsus in Asia Minor: History of the City of Paul From the Assyrians to the Romans

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Cyrus the Great Builds an Empire: The Rise of the Medes and Persians in the 6th Century BCE

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Phoenicians and Ancient Tyre: A Maritime Success Built on the Color Purple

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Code of Hammurabi in Ancient Babylon: Mesopotamian Law Defining Justice for Three Distinct Classes

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Garden of Eden and Recent Excavations: Archaeological Discoveries May Reinforce the Ancient Texts

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Hittites, A Film Review: A Review Of The Documentary Produced On Location In Anatolia

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Ancient Smyrna in Asia Minor: An Important Commercial Center for Many Centuries

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Sodom and Gomorrah in Historical Context: Causes and Motivations for the Destruction of the Five Cities

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Ancient Sardis in Asia Minor: A Chief Commercial Center From the Hittites to the Romans

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Hittites of Anatolia and Syria: How The Hittite People Became A Part Of Ancient History

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Anatolia And The Assyrian Colonial Period: 4,000 Years Ago Assyrian Merchants Built a Vast Trading Empire

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

Who Were the Hittites? Answering Questions About the Population of Bronze Age Anatolia

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Amarna Letters: A Cache of Clay Tablets and the Politics of Egypt's 18th Dynasty

By: Feature Writer Robert McRoberts

The Historical Christmas Magi: Wise Men From the East Searched for a King in Ancient Judea

By: Feature Writer Jeannie Delahunt

The Palace of Persepolis: Darius I's Legacy in Stone

By: Karen Murdarasi

Cyrus the Great: Founder of Persian Empire Liberator of the Jews

By: Karen Murdarasi

The Code of Hammurabi: Hammurabi’s Law Code, Sumerian Culture and Modern Law

By: James Hogan

The Phoenician Alphabet: The Ancient World's First Widely Used Form of Written Communication

By: Robin Fowler

Did Herod Kill Children? A Look at Herod the Great and the Massacre of the Innocents

By: Feature Writer Brian Tubbs

The Hittites: Quiet Pioneers of Mesopotamia

By: Robin Fowler

Hammurabi's Code: Babylonian Law Set in Stone

By: Robin Fowler

The Babylonians: Unifiers of Mesopotamia

By: Robin Fowler

The Ancient Assyrians: Skilled in the Art of Ancient War

By: Robin Fowler

Sumerian Invention and Innovation: Technological advances that altered the course of civilization

By: Robin Fowler

The Sumerians of Mesopotamia: One of the world's earliest and most influential civilizations

By: Robin Fowler

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus: A Tomb for a King and a Testament to Greek Architecture

By: Robin Fowler

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon: The Mysterious Wonder of the Ancient World

By: Robin Fowler

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