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The Babylonian World - Historia Antigua

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Abi-eshuh 131, 217<br />

Abi-sare 24<br />

Abu Qubur 66<br />

Abu Salabikh 146, 152, 256, 257, 433,<br />

448<br />

Achaemenid period 236, 343, 476, 481,<br />

562–73<br />

acrobats 273, 341<br />

Adab 254, 448<br />

Adad 103, 104, 103, 105, 112, 163, 168,<br />

476, 478, 535<br />

Adad-apla-iddina 531<br />

Adad-Guppi 305<br />

Adad-nirari I 509, 530<br />

Adad-nirari III 297, 529, 531<br />

Adad-shuma-usur 530<br />

Adapa 447, 450, 476<br />

administration 4, 44, 82, 95, 199, 201,<br />

226, 232, 253, 434<br />

adoption 48, 268, 307, 434<br />

adultery 302<br />

agate 131<br />

agriculture 2, 4, 6, 39–49, 54–63, 187,<br />

191, 219, 225, 295, 527<br />

Akhenaton see Amenophis IV<br />

Akhetaten see Amarna<br />

Akitu festival (<strong>Babylonian</strong> New Year<br />

festival) 269, 351, 356, 513, 531, 536,<br />

538<br />

Akkad (also Agade) 69, 70, 127, 214, 322,<br />

332, 335, 542<br />

INDEX<br />

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Page references in italics indicate illustrations.<br />

577<br />

Akkadian: language 23, 373, 389, 400–1,<br />

404, 421, 437, 440, 448, 453, 481, 489,<br />

512, 515, 518, 527, 535; literature 20,<br />

447; state 22–3<br />

Akshak 22<br />

alabaster 132, 169<br />

Alalakh 129, 490–1,<br />

Aleppo 211, 221, 402, 407, 490, 498, 503,<br />

504<br />

Alexander the Great 3, 168, 456, 487, 499,<br />

563, 569<br />

Allatum 324<br />

alluvial plains 15, 39, 54, 187, 225, 268,<br />

292, 527<br />

Almanacs 463–5<br />

alum 231<br />

Amarna 9, 437, 488, 517; tablets 9, 490,<br />

518, 521<br />

amber 135<br />

Amenophis II 490, 493, 498<br />

Amenophis III 494<br />

Amenophis IV 488, 493, 509, 528<br />

Ammi-ditana 25<br />

Ammi-saduqa 25, 99, 205, 212, 213, 285<br />

Amorite 400–14; kings 2, 95, 203;<br />

language 2, 23; tribes 23, 215, 279,<br />

400–14, 527<br />

Amurru 105, 160, 161<br />

An 56, 332<br />

Anatolia 126, 129, 145, 151, 213, 282,<br />

370, 437, 487, 490, 503–13, 528

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