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King Esarhaddon related how, in his attempt to subdue the Arabs, his father, King Sennacherib struck against their capital, Adummatu. Sennacherib captured Hazael, King of the Kedarites.
Kedar is named second of Ishmael’s sons and an Ishmaelite tribe from which the prophet Mohammed traces his descent.
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King Sennacherib, son of Sargon II, reigned as King of Assyria and Babylonia until his assassination in 681 BC. His wife, Queen Naqiya-Zakutu was the mother of his son and successor Esarhaddon (c. 681-669 BC).
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The main commercial good of ancient Assyrian metal trade was tin. There was great need for tin in the production of bronze in Anatolia. Tin was also traded in the shape of plates or ingots.
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To sustain their long-distance activities, the merchants needed to communicate... the most efficient and fastest information sharing devices were inscribed tablets. The message typically contains instructions from one merchant to his trading partner about the forthcoming shipment.
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The Assyrian economy was built on textiles, tin, lead, and grain that they traded for stones and metals. The basic unit of currency was the shekel.
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This week's beYOUteous blog post features Queen Adad-Guppi, the daughter of King Ashurbanipal II and Ashursharrat l of Assyria… and mother to King Nabonidus, father of Biblical King Belshazzar.
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Ptolemy I seized Jerusalem on Sabbath (379 BC) and his descendants maintained control of Palestine until 198 BC when Seleucid King Antiochus III took control of #Israel and Southern Syria (223-187 BC).
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Who was Sagburu of Ereš? Some sources state that the Oracle of Nuska was an unnamed slave girl who became embroiled in a plot to overthrow Esarhaddon c. 671 BC.
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Bahrain was a central location of the ancient Dilmun civilization. Bahrain's strategic location in the Persian Gulf has brought rule and influence from mostly the Persians, Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and the Arabs.
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Šērūʾa-ēṭirat was the eldest daughter of Assyrian King Esarhaddon (r. 681 to 669 BC) and the older sister of twins, Ashurbanipal and Šamaš-šuma-ukin, crown princes of Assyria and of Babylonia.
