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9 hours ago · The oldest inhabited places of Ctesiphon were on its eastern side, which in Islamic Arabic sources is called "the Old City" (مدينة العتيقة Madīnah al-'Atīqah), where the residence of the Sasanians, known as the White Palace (قصر الأبيض), was located. The southern side of Ctesiphon was known as Asbānbar or Aspānbar, which was known by its prominent halls, riches, games ...
9 hours ago · The Golan Heights (Arabic: هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, romanized:Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or مُرْتَفَعَاتُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Murtafaʻātu l-Jawlān; Hebrew: רמת הגולן, Ramat HaGolan, pronunciation ⓘ), or simply the Golan, is a basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the ...
9 hours ago · Elyon or El Elyon (Hebrew: אֵל עֶלְיוֹןʼĒl ʻElyōn), is an epithet that appears in the Hebrew Bible. ʾĒl ʿElyōn is usually rendered in English as "God Most High", and similarly in the Septuagint as ὁ Θεός ὁ ὕψιστος ("God the highest"). The title ʿElyōn is a common topic of scholarly debate, sometimes ...
9 hours ago · Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, [ 1 ][ 2 ] and, by extension, for the clock tower itself, [ 3 ] which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. [ 4 ] Originally known simply as the Clock Tower, it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of ...
9 hours ago · Dari (Persian) Baghlan (Dari and Pashto: بغلان [bɐɣˈlɑːn]) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. As of 2020, the province has a population of about 1,014,634. [ 3 ] Its capital is Puli Khumri, but its name comes from the other major town in the province, Baghlan. The ruins of a Zoroastrian fire ...
1 day ago · Stockholm (Swedish: [ˈstɔ̂kː (h)ɔlm] ⓘ) [ 10 ] is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, [ 11 ] with 1.6 million in the urban area, [ 12 ] and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area. [ 11 ]
Three surviving columns of the southeast corner of Temple of Augustus in their original location, now within an 18th-century building. By the 2nd century, the city had the form of an oppidum [32] [33] [34] and a population of 3500–5000. [35] The main economic activity was cultivation of the surrounding land, and its wine was exported widely. [36]
