Ancient oriental nations

ancient animals army Aryan Asia Asshur Asshur-bani-pal Asshur-izir-pal Assyr Assyrian Empire Assyrian king Assyrian monarch Babylon Babylonian battle Beltis Berosus bricks bulls Calah called capital captives century Chaldæan chariots chief conquered conquest court Ctesias Cyaxares Damascus defeated deities divine dominion dynasty earth east edifices Egypt Egyptian erected Esar-haddon Ethiopian Euphrates expedition feet goddess gods Greek heaven Hebrew Herodotus hundred inscriptions invaded Ishtar Israelites Jehovah kingdom land likewise lion Lord Lydia Medes Median ments Merodach miles monuments mound mountain nations Nebuchadnezzar Nile Nimrud Nineveh Ormazd ornamented Osiris palace Persian Phoenician priests prophet race region reign religion represented revolt river royal ruins sacred Sargon says sculptures Semitic Sennacherib Shalmaneser Shalmaneser II side Sippara stone Susiana Susianian Syria tablets temple Thebes thousand throne Tiglath-Pileser Tiglath-Pileser II Tigris tion tombs tribes tribute Tyre Vul-lush walls wife wild worship Zagros