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Ancient Levant

  • Akkadian EmpireIn the year 2334 BC, a man named Sargon stood before the city of Kish as a cupbearer to its ruler. He held no royal blood and wore no crown.
  • AssyriaIn 2600 BC, the settlement of Assur emerged in northern Mesopotamia as a small agricultural village. Archaeological evidence dates the earliest occupation to…
  • PhoeniciaThe name Phoenicia appears in Greek records from the 2nd millennium BC, yet it never corresponded to a unified native identity.
  • Palmyrene EmpireThe murder of Roman emperor Alexander Severus in 235 triggered a chain reaction that shattered the empire. Generals squabbled for control while frontiers…
  • Roman SyriaIn 64 BC, Pompey the Great marched into Syria and executed Seleucid king Antiochus XIII Asiaticus. He deposed Philip II Philoromaeus to end Hellenistic rule…