Xerxes, officially known as Xerxes the Great, was the fourth King of Kings of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC. Born to Darius the…
Category: Mesopotamia
Assyria Video Presentation
Assyria, known as Subartu to the Sumerians, was a powerful and seemingly invincible kingdom in northern Mesopotamia, located in the region known today as northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and northeastern Syria. It…
Phoenicians Video Presentation
The Phoenicians, a seafaring civilization that prospered from 1500 B.C. to 300 B.C., were located in present-day Lebanon and parts of Syria and Israel. Originally referred to as “Canaanites” in the Bible,…