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Hammurabi receiving his royal insignia — Hammurabi, standing, receives his royal insignia from Shamash (or possibly Marduk). He holds his hands over his mouth as a sign of prayer. Relief from the upper part of the stele of Hammurabi's code.
Photo Credit: By Unknown, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59794940
Hammurabi receiving his royal insignia Hammurabi, standing, receives his royal insignia from Shamash (or possibly Marduk). He holds his hands over his mouth as a sign of prayer. Relief from the upper part of the stele of Hammurabi's code.
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Hammurabi — By Sculpture by Thomas Hudson Jones at the United States Congress
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3185805
Hammurabi By Sculpture by Thomas Hudson Jones at the United States Congress
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Hammurabi's Babylonia — Babylonian territory upon Hammurabi's ascension in 1792 BC and upon his death in 1750 BC
Photo Credit: By MapMaster - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3578442
Hammurabi's Babylonia Babylonian territory upon Hammurabi's ascension in 1792 BC and upon his death in 1750 BC
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Queen of the Night — Known as the Burney relief or Queen of the Night Relief: The figure could be an aspect of the goddess Ishtar, Babylonian goddess of sex and love
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1607995
Queen of the Night Known as the Burney relief or Queen of the Night Relief: The figure could be an aspect of the goddess Ishtar, Babylonian goddess of sex and love
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Battle of Marathon —
Photo Credit: By John Steeple Davis - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75078967
Battle of Marathon
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Darius the Great — cropped from Darius vase
Photo Credit: By Carlo Raso - Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74758953
Darius the Great cropped from Darius vase
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Iran Flag (1964–1980) —
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=798904
Iran Flag (1964–1980)
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Persian Empire in the Achaemenid era, 6th century BC —
Photo Credit: By William Robert Shepherd - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=331088
Persian Empire in the Achaemenid era, 6th century BC
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Tomb of Cyrus the Great — founder of the Achaemenid Empire (the first Persian Empire) in the 6th century BC
Photo Credit: By PersianDutchNetwork - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30576877
Tomb of Cyrus the Great founder of the Achaemenid Empire (the first Persian Empire) in the 6th century BC
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Ctesiphon palace ruin — Taq Kasra or Ctesiphon palace ruin, with the arch in the centre, 1864
Photo Credit: Taq Kasra or Ctesiphon palace ruin, with the arch in the centre, 1864
Ctesiphon palace ruin Taq Kasra or Ctesiphon palace ruin, with the arch in the centre, 1864
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Anushiruwan the Just — statue in Tehran courthouse by Gholamreza Rahimzadeh Arjang
Photo Credit: By Photo:مانفی - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24431992
Anushiruwan the Just statue in Tehran courthouse by Gholamreza Rahimzadeh Arjang
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