Ancient Composite Bows by C.N. Hickman This article was first published in the Journal of the Society of Archer-Antiquaries, volume 2, 1959. Please read the copyright notice! It is common belief that composite bows are of recent origin. A bow we are about to describe was fabricated earlier than 600 B.C. and another one that will be mentioned was fabricated earlier than 1200 B.C. In "Archery", Badminton Series, 1894, p,63,etc., Mr. C.J. Longman describes an ancient composite ...

Treaties and Legal Contracts from the Ancient Near East Old Babylonian contract sealed with seven seals (ANEP #239) Marriage and Divorce Documents from the Ancient Near East 21st c. BC: New Sumerian divorce settlement Old Assyrian divorce document 19th c. BC: Old Assyrian marriage contract 15th c. BC: Abrogation of a marriage agreement Ugaritic: Manumission and Marriage contract 5th c. BC: Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine: Mibtahiah's marriage contracts 5th c. BC: Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine: Manumission and marriage of a female slave Ancient Near Eastern Treaties and Contracts Assyrian-Hittite treaty Last modified 10/2/95 prepared by Alan Humm humm@ccat.sas.upenn.edu

Discover Turkey Anatolia in Pictures (A short story of civilizations of Anatolia, includes sample images of great works of Anatolians from the end of the third ice-age to the 20th century) Civilizations in Anatolia Ancinet Anatolia The Hittites Byzantine Empire Seljuks Ottoman Empire Turkey Turkey: Classical Architecture&Sculpture Links to related sites History of Anatolia Anatolia is one of the oldest continually inhabited regions in the world, and it has repeatedly s ...

Have you ever heard the ancient Near East called "The Cradle of Civilization?" What does that mean? Let's begin by defining a "civilization." What practices or characteristics define a civilization? Click on the objects below to explore some of these characteristics...... The development of cities, writing, and written law code, and more, happened first in the part of the world we call the ancient Near East. So, we sometimes think of it as the birthplace of western civilization. Th ...

(This is digitiazed material from a pamphlet bought at Antoine's Bookstore, Rue Hamra, Beirut in 1995. The pamphlet was published in Amman in 1973 as a tourist guide. The photographs may have been used in previous brochures some years earlier.) PETRA - A BRIEF HISTORY AND SOME PHOTOGRAPHS The Nabateaean Rosered City A brief history of Petra Some photographs Jordan Distribution Agency Amman - Tel. 30191/30192 1973 al@mashriq 960215/960215

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The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ version 1.9html by Christopher B. Siren (Nov. 1994) cbsiren at alum dot mit dot edu last revised (October, 2003) changes since last revision: October 2003: added the Biblical parallels section (in progress) and some more citations August 1999: added clarifying remark to Bahamut answer. October 1995: lengthened Bahamut answer; added a couple external links; made changes for move to UNH. The web version at home.comcast.net/~chris.s/assyrbabyl-faq.html is ...

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