…talents in full, he will deliver in Shibtu, at the house of Shamash-iddin. Witnesses: Shamash-iddin, son of Nabu-usur-napishti; Abu-nu-emuq, son of Sin-akhi-iddin; Sharru-Bel, son of Sin-iddin; Aban-nimiqu-rukus, son of Malula….

http://www.livius.org/da-dd/darius/darius_i_0.html After the unsuccessful insurrection of Nidintu-Bêl against the new Persian king Darius I the Great (October-December 522 BCE), Arakha claimed to be the son of the last king of…

http://www.livius.org/aa-ac/achaemenians/inscriptions.html III.80: And now when five days were gone, and the hubbub had settled down, the conspirators met together to consult about the situation of affairs. At this meeting speeches…

http://www.livius.org/aa-ac/achaemenians/inscriptions.html Herodotus (Any writing in Bold Type, in Parenthesis, & in Italics is added by me, R. Brown, not the author!) (gods in blue) I.201: When Cyrus had achieved the…

from The Histories Herodotus http://www.livius.org/aa-ac/achaemenians/inscriptions.html In this section, Herodotus relates the invasion of the Greek mainland by the Persian king Xerxes in 480 B.C. According to this account, what are…

…his brother. Marduk-iddin-akhi has thus given it to Tukultum-Marduk. An exit, an inalienable privilege which belongs to the share of Tukultum-Marduk, Marduk-iddin-akhi, son of Nabu-bel-shanati, son of Nur-Papsukal, will not…

Kurash (Cyrus) the Great, The Decree of Return for the Jews http://www.livius.org/aa-ac/achaemenians/inscriptions.html 539 BC From The Kurash Prism: (Any writing in Bold Type, in Parenthesis, in Italics, & pictures are…