The successor to Arsaces was Tiridates. The Seleucid king Seleucus II led an expedition against Parthia. But internal problems arose in Antioch and Seleucus...
The Parthian king Phraates had some captive Greek mercenaries. In 128 B.C. they revolted against Phraates and killed him. His uncle Artabanus III took the...
In 53 B.C. Crassus led a Roman invasion of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was under Parthian rule and a major battle resulted. The Parthian general was a nobleman...
In another posting I discussed the Parthians, a people of the ancient Middle East. They were known as great warriors and other peoples, including the Romans,...
After the death of Ashurbanipal, Assyria had nothing but problems. The economy was seriously weakened, due to many wars during Ashurbanipal's reign. Revolts...
There are two ruined shrines near the Maabed temple. One is so badly damaged that the plan of it cannot be conceived. However, M. Renan gathered and measured...
In a previous posting I discussed the fall of the Zand dynasty. After killing Luft Ali in 1794, Agha Muhammad Khan had effectively established Kajar control in...
Hey everyone, I watched the History Channel's show on "Hannibal"; the Cathaginian General who almost destroyed the Roman Republic during the Punic Wars. It...
As I mentioned in a previous posting, Agha Muhammad Khan, the first Kajar king of Iran, was killled by his servants. This was because he had promised to...
Thoth was one of the major deities of ancient Egyptian mythology. He was associated with mathematics, writing, learning, medicine, and the judgement of the...
In the winter of 1457-1458 the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II moved the capital from Edirne to Istanbul. Istanbul remained the capital of Turkey until the early part...
Hathor was one of the major deities of ancient Egyptian mythology. This goddess was depicted in various ways and several different functions have been ascribed...
The Seljuks were a branch of the Oguz Turks of Central Asia. Their name is an eponym; it has to do with a man named Seljuk. He was said to have been a member...
Nut was the goddess of the sky in Egyptian mythology. She was often depicted as using her body to hold up the sky. These pictures showed her as sometimes...
While at the University of Texas at Austin, I took some courses pertaining to the archaeology of India. These are some patterns of Gupta coins: Reign of...
The family which founded the Gupta empire in northern India originally ruled a small kingdom near Magadha. It was in what is now Bihar. A Gupta king named Sri...
Ptolemy II was the second king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt. Ptolemy I, a general of Alexander the Great, had founded this dynasty. The Ptolemaic...
Ptolemy III was the 3rd king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt. He was the son of Ptolemy II. Ptolemy III ruled Egypt during the years 246-222 B.C. His...
These are patterns of coins minted during the reign of Ptolemy III in Egypt. Gold coin Obverse: Heads of Ptolemy II and his queen Arsinoe Reverse: Eagle Bronze...
Ptolemy IV Philapator was the fourth king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt. He ruled during the years 222-205 B.C. His father was Ptolemy III. Ptolemy...
These are patterns of coins minted during the reign of Ptolemy IV. Bronze coin Obverse: Head of Zeus-Ammon facing right. Reverse: Eagle standing left on a...
In the year 1962 certain events showed that all was not harmonious in the royal family of Saudi Arabia. Saud was king, but had been suffering from a severe...
Shota Rustaveli was a great literary figure in the history of the country of Georgia. The exact dates of his life are unknown; he is believed to have lived...
Shota Rustaveli's epic poem has also been translated as being "The Man in the Panther's Skin". Neal Robbins ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib...
This story was sent to you by: Neal Robbins ... Experts seek King Tut's cause of death ... By ANTONIO CASTANEDA Associated Press Writer January 5, 2005, 5:56...
Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos was the fifth king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 205 B.C. to 181 B.C. His reign had trouble from the start....
These are patterns of coins minted during the reign of Ptolemy V. Silver Coin Obverse: Head of Ptolemy I facing right Reverse: Eagle standing left on...
I have chosen to include discussion of both of these Ptolemies in this posting, since they were co-rulers for a while. Ptolemy VI Philometer became king of...
In this posting I will discuss the 8th and 9th Ptolemies. Egypt went through some traumatic times with them. Ptolemy VIII Lathyrus actually had two reigns. The...
