c. 3250–330 BCE
Ancient Near Eastern history, from the rise of Sumer (3250 BCE) to the conquest of the Achaemenid Empire (Persian) by Alexander the Great (330 BCE)1
Related BcR
See related material under Pentateuch, and Genesis 1-11, and Genesis 11-50.
1. Others restrict "Ancient Near East History" to the Bronze Age (3250-1200) and the Iron Age (1200-539), bringing it to a close with the conquest of the Neo-Babylonians by the Achaemenid Empire (539 BCE).
ANE Bronze Age (cht, tml)
Chart summarizing the periodization of the Bronze Age in the ancient Near East.
ANE Early Bronze Age (map)
Relief map of Ancient Near Eastern sites and peoples of the Early Bronze Age (3rd Millennium BCE).
ANE Deities Compared (cht)
Babylonian and Akkadian pantheon of deities compared with the earlier Sumerian pantheon.
ANE Deities in their Realms (illus)
Illustration of the relationship of some of the primary and secondary ANE deities and their relationship to the various realms.
