Aramaean
111Aramean — /ar euh mee euhn/, n. 1. a Semite of the division associated with Aram. 2. Aramaic (def. 1). Also, Aramaean. [1825 35; < L Aramae(us) ( < Gk aramaîos of ARAM) + AN] * * * …
112Ashurnasirpal II — /ah shoor nah zir pahl /, ( the Merciless ) died 859? B.C., warrior king of Assyria 884? 859 B.C. Also, Assurnasirpal II, Ashur nasir apal II /ah shoor nah zir ah pahl /. * * * ▪ king of Assyria flourished 9th century BC king of Assyria… …
113calligraphy — calligrapher, calligraphist, n. calligraphic /kal i graf ik/, calligraphical, adj. calligraphically, adv. /keuh lig reuh fee/, n. 1. fancy penmanship, esp. highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the… …
114chronology — /kreuh nol euh jee/, n., pl. chronologies. 1. the sequential order in which past events occur. 2. a statement of this order. 3. the science of arranging time in periods and ascertaining the dates and historical order of past events. 4. a… …
115epigraphy — epigraphist, epigrapher, n. /i pig reuh fee/, n. 1. the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, esp. of ancient inscriptions. 2. inscriptions collectively. [1850 55; EPIGRAPH + Y3] * * * ▪ historiography Introduction the study of written… …
116Jacob — /jay keuhb/ for 1, 3; Fr. /zhann kawb / for 2, n. 1. the second son of Isaac, the twin brother of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs. Gen. 25:24 34. 2. François /frddahonn swann /, born 1920, French geneticist: Nobel prize for medicine 1965. 3 …
117Sargon II — died 705 B.C., king of Assyria 722 705. * * * died 705 BC Assyrian king (r. 721–705 BC). He continued the empire building work of his presumed father, Tiglath pileser III. One of his aims was to prove the might of the Assyrian god Ashur by… …
118Semite — /sem uyt/ or, esp. Brit., /see muyt/, n. 1. a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs. 2. a Jew. 3. a member of any of the peoples… …
119Tiglath-pileser I — /tig lath pi lee zeuhr, puy / died 1102? B.C., king of Assyria c1115 1102?. * * * ▪ king of Assyria flourished 11th century BC one of the greatest of the early kings of Assyria (reigned c. 1115–c. 1077 BC). Tiglath pileser ascended… …
120Akhlame — ▪ people also spelled Akhlamû, ancient Semitic nomads of northern Syria and Mesopotamia and traditional enemies of the Assyrians. They are first mentioned about 1375 BC in an Egyptian source (one of the Tell el Amarna letters), in which… …
