Difference between revisions of "Aramaeans"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m (recat per template) |
m (dewikifying red links) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | The '''Aramaeans''' (11th century B.C. to 8th century B.C.) were a nomadic semetic people from the area of the northern [[Syrian]] desert. They absorbed aspects of earlier | + | The '''Aramaeans''' (11th century B.C. to 8th century B.C.) were a nomadic semetic people from the area of the northern [[Syrian]] desert. They absorbed aspects of earlier fertile crescent civilizations. Most of the smaller tribes were subjugated by the [[Assyrians]] from 740 to 720 B.C., but one of the tribes, the [[Chaldeans]], which settled near the [[Tigris]] and the [[Euphrates]] rivers, was ultimately about to displace the Assyrians and become the new dominant empire in the region. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 04:59, March 23, 2011
The Aramaeans (11th century B.C. to 8th century B.C.) were a nomadic semetic people from the area of the northern Syrian desert. They absorbed aspects of earlier fertile crescent civilizations. Most of the smaller tribes were subjugated by the Assyrians from 740 to 720 B.C., but one of the tribes, the Chaldeans, which settled near the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, was ultimately about to displace the Assyrians and become the new dominant empire in the region.
Sources
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989