SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Between the rivers

Mesopotamia: Babylon, Assyria and Persia

The places between the Euphrates and the Tigris, and east of them, that the Old Testament names at least twice: Ur and Haran, where Abraham set out, and Nineveh, Babylon and Susa, the capitals of the empires of the exile.

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city mountain known location approximate debated 33 places · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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