Two Greek Inscriptions from Axum
The African kingdom (and briefly empire) of Axum or Aksum flourished in modern-day Ethiopia from around the first century BCE until the tenth century CE.
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The Poetic Stela of Thutmose III
This granite stela (carved slab) was created during the reign of King/Pharaoh Thutmose III of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled from around 1479–1425…
Read morePrologue and Epilogue to the Code of Hammurabi
While not the first code of laws, the Code of Hammurabi, who was king of the city-state of Babylon c.1792–1750 BCE, is the the earliest…
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