JGolomb Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Ancient Tablets Decoded; Shed Light on Assyrian Empire Full story in the link above...highlight below Meticulous ancient notetakers have given archaeologists a glimpse of what life was like 3,000 years ago in the Assyrian Empire, which controlled much of the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf. Clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform, an ancient script once common in the Middle East, were unearthed in summer 2009 in an ancient palace in present-day southeastern Turkey. Palace scribes jotted down seemingly mundane state affairs on the tablets during the Late Iron Age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylla Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Ancient Tablets Decoded; Shed Light on Assyrian Empire Please note that even if the Assyrian Empire may seem too far relative to the Classical Era studied at UNRV, Nineveh actually fell during the lifetime of Solon of Athens and the reign of Tarquinius Priscus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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