Judaism -- Ancient History Encyclopedia

Timeline

Jared M. Diamond

W. W. Norton & Company (01 April 1999)

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Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

Penguin (Non-Classics) (28 January 2003)

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How the Irish Saved Civilization

Thomas Cahill

Anchor (01 February 1996)

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Susan Wise Bauer

W. W. Norton & Company (17 March 2007)

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City of God

Augustine of Hippo

Penguin Classics (06 January 2004)

Price: $10.40

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The Cyrus Cylinder

The Cyrus Cylinder is a document issued by Cyrus the Great, consisting of a cylinder of clay inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform script. The cylinder was created in 539 BC, surely by order of Cyrus the Great, when he took Babylon from Nabonidus, ending the Neo-Babylonian empire. This document is clearly propaganda, praising the Achemenid ruler Cyrus and treating Nabonidus like an impious and bad king.
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