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The area of present-day Tajikistan has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid Empire, Sasanian Empire, Hephthalite Empire, Samanid Empire, Mongol Empire, Timurid dynasty, the Russian Empire, and subsequently the Soviet Union.
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And the Lord said, “Name the child Jezreel, for I am about to punish King Jehu’s dynasty to avenge the murders he committed at Jezreel. In fact, I will bring an end to Israel’s independence. I will break its military power in the Jezreel Valley.”
Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, led a conspiracy against King Joram. (Now Joram had been with the army at Ramoth-gilead, defending Israel against the forces of King Hazael of Aram. But King Joram was wounded in the fighting and returned to Jezreel to recover from his wounds.) So Jehu told the men with him, “If you want me to be king, don’t let anyone leave town and go to Jezreel to report what we have done.”
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“Assyria” was used to refer to the Assyrian empire which included Babylonia, Elam, Media, Syria, Palestine and Arabia, along with South Anatolia, Cilicia and Egypt.
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The territory of today's Switzerland was part of the Roman Empire and was shaped in the Early Middle Ages by Christianity, migratory flows and the rule of various foreign powers.
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The history of Persia (c. 559-330 BC) is foremost the history of the Elamites. When King Darius moved his capital from Pasargadae to Persepolis, he introduced regulated tax and placed the economy on silver and gold coinage system.
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The Sami are the traditionally Sami-speaking Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region of Sapmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
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Suriname was inhabited by various indigenous peoples, including the Arawaks. The Arawak are thought to have originated in the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela.
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This week's beYOUteous blog post features Queen Zibiah, the wife of King Ahaziah of Judah, and mother of King Jehoash. Her son, Jehoash, succeeded Queen Athaliah.
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January 2011, a referendum on independence for Southern Sudan was held, and the South voted overwhelmingly to secede later that year as the Republic of South Sudan, with its capital at Juba.
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The history of the Sri Lanka is intertwined with the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions, comprising the areas of South Asia and the Indian Ocean.
Prince Vijaya (c. 543–505 BC) was a legendary king of Kingdom of Tambapanni, based in modern day Sri Lanka.
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The Iberians were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, at least from the 6th century BC. Hispania was the name used for the Iberian Peninsula under Roman rule from the 2nd century BC.
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The Nile River Valley was vital to the success of several ancient civilizations. The ancient Nile River allowed the Egyptian and Nubian civilization to emerge from the smaller settlements.
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South Africa's first known inhabitants have been referred to as the Khoisan, the Khwe and the San starting c. 1,000 BC.
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Pharaoh gave Joseph a new Egyptian name, Zaphenath-paneah. He also gave him a wife, whose name was Asenath. Two sons were born to Joseph and his wife, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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The ancient civilization, known as the Land of Punt, is believed to have been located in modern-day Somalia from around 3000 to 1500 BC.
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The Lapita, an Austronesian people are believed to have traveled from Melanesia, and settled the Solomon Islands
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Present-day Slovenia was inhabited by Illyrian and Celtic tribes until the 1st century BC, when the Romans conquered the region establishing the provinces of Pannonia and Noricum.
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Laban was the son of Bethuel the Aramean, and brother of Rebekah. She would become Isaac’s wife. “These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks—in fact, everything you see is mine."
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Remains of Celtic civilization can be found in Bratislava, Devín and on Havránok Hill near the Liptovská Mara reservoir.
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Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran, lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods…
Nahor was the son of Terah. He had two brothers, Abraham and Haran. His wife, Milcah, was Haran's daughter.
