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Babylonian clay tablet giving detailed description of the total solar eclipse of April 15, 136 carving of Hammurabi Babylonia and Assyria Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history The number 258,458 expressed in the sexagesimal (base 60) system of the Babylonians and in cuneiform.
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Babylonian clay tablet giving detailed description of the total solar eclipse of April 15, 136
carving of Hammurabi
Babylonia and Assyria
Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history
The number 258,458 expressed in the sexagesimal (base 60) system of the Babylonians and in cuneiform.
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Major Events

Nineveh: Nergal Gate
Battle of Nineveh
James Tissot: The Flight of the Prisoners
Babylonian Captivity

Related Places

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ancient region, Iraq
flag of Iraq
Iraq
Ishtar Gate reconstruction
Babylon
ancient city, Mesopotamia, Asia
Sumerian cuneiform tablet
Sumer
ancient region, Iraq
bronze head of a king from Nineveh
Akkad
historical region, Mesopotamia
Neo-Babylonian (Chaldean) empire, c. 6th century bce
Chaldea
ancient state, Middle East
Dura-Europus: Temple of Bel
Dura-Europus
ancient city, Syria
Larsa
ancient city, Iraq
Opis
ancient city, Mesopotamia, Asia
Borsippa, Iraq
Borsippa
ancient Babylonian city, Iraq
Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history
history of Mesopotamia
historical region, Asia

Key People

Hammurabi, limestone relief; in the British Museum
Hammurabi
king of Babylonia
Saʿadia ben Joseph
Jewish exegete and philosopher
Nebuchadnezzar II
king of Babylonia
Hillel
Jewish scholar
Cyrus The Younger
Persian prince
Merodach-Baladan II
king of Babylonia
Berosus
Chaldean priest and author
Belshazzar
king of Babylonia
Mani
Iranian religious leader
Samuel of Nehardea
Babylonian-Jewish scholar
Nabu-rimanni
Babylonian astronomer
Nebuchadrezzar I
king of Babylonia
Nabonidus
king of Babylonia
Shamash-shum-ukin
crown prince of Babylonia

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