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The Amorites were a Semitic people who seem to have emerged from western Mesopotamia (modern-day Syria) at some point prior to the 3rd millennium BCE. https://www.worldhistory.org/amorite/ #History #Amorite #Hammurabi #Mesopotamia
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Cheshire · @magdelenehall
880 followers · 3030 posts · Server mastodon.socialA Lost Language Translated From Ancient Tablets Reveals Names of Gods in Stunning Find
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This is pretty cool 😎
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Motherboard · @Motherboard
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The Amorites were a Semitic people who seem to have emerged from western Mesopotamia (modern-day Syria) at some point prior to the 3rd millennium BCE. In Sumerian they were known as the Martu or the Tidnum (in the Ur III Period), in Akkadian by the name of Amurru, and in Egypt as Amar, all of which mean 'westerners' or 'those of the west', as does the Hebrew name Amorite. They worshipped their ...https://www.worldhistory.org/amorite/ #Amorite #Hammurabi #Mesopotamia
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Hammurabi (r. 1792-1750 BCE) was the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon best known for his famous law code which served as the model for others, including the Mosaic Law of the Bible. He was the first ruler able to successfully govern all of Mesopotamia, without revolt, following his initial conquest.
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