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Ancient Syria

  • Sasanian EmpireIn 224 AD, Ardashir I defeated Artabanus IV at the Battle of Hormozdgan to end four centuries of Parthian rule. The victor crowned himself shahanshah, or…
  • HittitesThe ancestors of the Hittites arrived in Anatolia between 4400 and 4100 BC. Recent genetic research indicates that Proto-Anatolian speakers entered this…
  • MesopotamiaThe Tigris and Euphrates rivers rise in the Armenian highlands, flowing southward to empty into the Persian Gulf. Their waters fed a semi-arid landscape that…
  • PhoeniciaThe name Phoenicia appears in Greek records from the 2nd millennium BC, yet it never corresponded to a unified native identity.