symbols. The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th...

The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, southeast...

Ancient near eastern (ANE) cosmology refers to the plurality of cosmological beliefs in the Ancient Near East, covering the period from the 4th millennium...

The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Historical inscriptions and texts customarily...

The religions of the ancient Near East were mostly polytheistic, with some examples of monolatry (for example, Yahwism and Atenism). Some scholars believe...

Holy Cities Jewish population by city List of cities administered by the Palestinian Authority List of cities of the ancient Near East List of kibbutzim...

population of over 1.5 million. List of cities of the ancient Near East List of largest cities in the Arab world List of largest cities in the Levant region...

cities of the ancient Near East List of largest cities in the Arab world Population estimates by locality dos.gov.jo [dead link] "Tel Aviv-Yafo: City...

sites) List of cities of the ancient Near East List of largest cities throughout history, including ones no longer inhabited List of oldest extant buildings...

The greater ancient Near East (including Egypt) offers some of the oldest evidence of the existence of international relations, since it was there that...