Medes

Nabopolassar, his father, was the greatest. King Nabopolassar defeated the Assyrians with the help of the Medes and took back Babylonia from the Assyrians. In this way he provided for his son, Nebuchadnezzar II, a good home and a lot of money that he could use to build. Nebuchadnezzar II took full advantage of this opportunity for greatness. He married Amytis of Media and secured an alliance between the Medes and the Babylonians and, according to some sources, had the Hanging Gardens of Babylon…

valley (southern Asia, India) to parts of, northern Africa and southern Europe, and even parts of modern day Ukraine, Bulgaria and Romania. The early Persians and their close relatives, the Medes spoke all types of different languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Assyrian. In the 6th century BCE the Persians and the Medes began to follow the teachings…

Pasargadae is derived from the chief Persian tribe, Pasargadae (or Parsagadeh), which translates to the “Throne of Pars.” Cyrus himself chose the site for his tomb outside of this great city because one of his most important battles against Astyages the Mede took place there.…

The Babylonian Empire is a very economic and cultural empire, and is located by the Tigris-Euphrates River(McShane). The Babylonian Empire uses writing systems to keep records, which is how historians learn about Babylon(Nardo 37). Babylon was first apart of the Tigris-Euphrates plains until the Babylonians replaced Sumerians and became the largest city in Mesopotamia(Nardo 33). Babylon and other empires have been profoundly impacted by different rulers and time periods such as Hammurabi,…

The story takes the reader through an amazingly creative and bizarre setting with some strange and extraordinary creatures. At the beginning of the tale, the main character Sham seems to be a victim of fate, as his job aboard the moletrain – the Medes – only came about due to his cousins’ organisation, Sham had no preference of his own. However throughout the story, he begins to make choices of…

Daniel’s supposedly flawed historical record is one of the main reasons critics reject its traditional date (Longman 375). The numerous historical errors contained within the work are thought to be impossible for any respectable sixth-century B.C. author (Harrison 1112). One alleged problem is the dating of Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem in B.C. 605 (Walton 526). Critics assert that Jeremiah’s record of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign and Daniel’s are contradictory (Dan. 1:1; Jer. 46:2; Archer, A…

Main Body - Connect chapter 5 with 6 o Belshazzar judged by God o Darius takes over the kingdom of Babylon  The Medes and Persian empire now rule • To facilitate the new empire King Darius’ strategy for ruling involved large scale delegation o 6:1-2, “It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom; 2 and over them three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.”  120 men…

moderate one must have prudence. However, prudence and moderation was something that Cyrus had to learn on his own, learning that the ways of the Persians and the Medes reached each extreme, which he realized neither was good. Persia prides themselves of continence or having no desires thus no acting on any form of pleasure, and the Medes overindulgence in things of pleasure. To the advantage of Cyrus, he was able to live both lives: a life of no pleasure for self and…

Through an investigation of the hermeneutical and archeological evidence available, Yamauchi argues that there is little reason to doubt that Daniel should be attributed to the sixth century B.C. Archaeological Background The main idea of this article is to reason that the available archaeological evidence testifies to a sixth century dating of the book of Daniel. First, Yamauchi explores the considerations given to Nebuchadnezzar. Here, the author brings into question the idea of the…

most important gigantic cities, built up with terraces of gardens watered from a great reservoir. He died of pride and was succeeded by his son, Belshazzar. 2. Breast and Arms of Silver – Bear ( Symbolized Medo-Persian Kingdoms between 539-331) The Medes and Persians took…