Seven Wonders of the World — the seven most remarkable structures of ancient times: the Egyptian pyramids, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Templeof Artemis at Ephesus, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes, the statue of Zeus by Phidias at Olympia, and… … Universalium
Calah — /kay leuh/, n. Biblical name of Kalakh. * * * modern Nimrūd Ancient city, Assyria. Lying south of modern Mosul, Iraq, it was founded in the 13th century BC by Shalmaneser I. It remained unimportant until the 9th century BC, when Ashurnasirpal II… … Universalium
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon — ornamental gardens planted on the terraces of the ziggurats of ancient Babylon. Cf. Seven Wonders of the World. * * * ▪ ancient garden, Babylon, Mesopotamia gardens considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World and thought to be located near… … Universalium
Ḥalaf, Tall — ▪ archaeological site, Syria also spelled Tell Halaf, archaeological site of ancient Mesopotamia, on the headwaters of the Khābur River near modern Raʾs al ʿAyn, northeastern Syria. It is the location of the first find of a Neolithic… … Universalium
Hellenistic romance — ▪ literature also called Greek romance adventure tale, usually with a quasi historical setting, in which a virtuous heroine and her valiant lover are separated by a series of misadventures (e.g., jealous quarrels, kidnapping, shipwrecks … Universalium
Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… … Universalium
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Assyrien — As|sy|ri|en; s: (im Altertum) Reich in Mesopotamien. * * * Assyri|en, akkadisch Ạschur, im Altertum das Gebiet am mittleren Tigris um die Stadt Assur, heute der nördliche Teil von Irak. Das Gebiet umfasste im Wesentlichen die östlich des… … Universal-Lexikon
Mesopotamien und Kleinasien: Städte, Staaten, Großreiche — Das Land an Euphrat und Tigris, das von den Griechen Mesopotamien, »Zwischenstrom(land)«, genannt wurde, gehört zu den frühesten Gebieten der Erde, die eine Hochkultur hervorgebracht haben. Bereits um 3000 v. Chr. entstanden hier erste… … Universal-Lexikon
