Ancient Near East: The Later Empires (625 - 306 BC)

Neo-Babylonian Empire (625 - 550 BC)
Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 - 306 BC)


(See also: Ancient Near East Resource Page)

Articles
Achaemenid Art in the British Museum
Entrances in Ancient Mesopotamia, including the Ishtar Gate. Joseph Berrigan
The History. Herodotus, tr. George Rawlinson
Images of Iran including views of Persepolis. Iranian Cultural Information Center at Stanford University
Iranian Art in the Louvre
Ishtar Gate Dedicatory Inscription. K. C. Hanson
Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon. Bible History Online
Pergamon Museum (Berlin) Images. Rex Geissler (scroll down to "Pergamom" (sic))
Persepolis site visit. Murray L. Eiland III
Persepolis and Ancient Iran Catalog of Expedition Photographs. U. of Chicago Oriental Art Institute
Persia. Alan Petersen
Persia and The Chaldeans. The International History Project
Zoroastian Visual Essays. Vohuman.org

Image Links (click inside)
Dragon Lion Winged Ibex Chariot Model
Gold Bowl Rhyton Earring

[page last checked on August 15, 2005}


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