Ancient Iraq (73 page)

Marduk-nadin-ahhê,
279

Marduk-zakir-shumi,
298

Mari

archaeology,
30
,
124
,
125
,
134
,
191
,
196
,
208 – 9
,
238

culture,
78
,
81
,
90
,
127
,
192
,
214 – 20
,
234
,
370

geography,
5
,
14
,
199

history,
140
,
142 – 3
,
144
,
153 – 4
,
157
,
170
,
188 – 94
,
198
,
200
,
274
,
416

Marqasi (Marash),
272

MAR. TU,
116
,
175 – 8
,
182

Maruttash* (Marut),
247

Mashu mountain,
120

Matarrah
,
50
,
53

Mati‘-ilu,
304
,
308

Mattiwaza,
235
,
260

Mebaragesi,
123
,
139 – 40

Medes

culture,
159
,
277
,
296
,
336
,
347
,
411

history,
159
,
266
,
268
,
282
,
302
,
303
,
314
,
318 – 19
,
327
,
332
,
372 – 7
passim
,
380
,
383
,
384

Megabysus,
408

Megiddo,
50
,
353

Meluhha,
13
,
15
,
89
,
160
,
167
,
see also
Indus river

Memphis,
237
,
328
,
330

Menahem,
308

Mernephtah,
268

Merodach-Baladan,
see
Marduk-apal-iddina

Mersin
,
50
,
230

Mesalim,
140
,
141

Mesannapadda,
123
,
140

Meskalamdug,
135
,
136
,
137
,
140

Meskene,
14
,
see also
Emar

Meskiaggasher,
116

Meskiagnunna,
140

Midas (Mitâ),
314

Milid (Malatiya),
272
,
304
,
314

Minoans,
228 – 9
,
238 – 9

Mitannians,
225
,
235
,
253
,
254 – 8
,
259
,
260
,
272
,
368

Mithra*,
420
,
see also
Mitrasil

Mithridates I,
418

Mithridates II,
421

Mitrasil*,
235
,
see also
Mithra

Mlefaat
,
41

Moab,
268
,
309
,
312

Mohenjo-Daro
,
160
,
229

Moses,
152
,
265
,
268

Moslems,
148
,
396
,
421

Mosul
,
49
,
125
,
305

Mulisu,
340 – 41

Mummu*,
96

Mureybet, Tell,
41 – 2
,
44
,
46

Mursilis I,
245 – 6
,
254

Mursilis II,
261

Musasir,
314

Mushezib-Marduk,
322

Mushki,
278 – 9
,
288
,
314
,
see also
Phrygians

Musri,
279

Musru,
see
Egypt

Muwatallis,
261

Myceneans,
228 – 9
,
266
,
270
,
427

Nabateans,
148
,
334

Nablânum,
177

Nabonassar,
see
Nabû-nâsir

Nabonidus (Nabû-na'id),
381 – 7
,
402

Nabopolassar (Nabû-apla-usûr),
374
,
375 – 7
,
378
,
394
,
402

Nabu*,
281
,
315
,
359
,
396
,
399 – 400
,
421

Nabû-apal-iddina,
298

Nabû-apla-usur,
see
Nabopolassar

Nabû-balatsu-iqbi,
381

Nabû-kudurri-usur,
see
Nebuchadrezzar

Nabû-mukin-apli,
281

Naub-na‘id (Nabonidus),
381

Nabû-nâsir,
25
,
308
,
310
,
365

Nabû-rimâni,
365
,
412

Nabû-shuma-ukin,
283

Nagar,
190

Naharim,
235

Nairi,
279

Nammu*,
94

Nanna*,
87
,
131
,
153
,
178
,
182
,
see also
Sin*

Nanshe*,
144
,
166 – 7

Naplànum,
181 – 2

Naqadah,
78

Naqi'a-Zakûtu,
301
,
325
,
329

Narâm-m-Sin,
154
,
156 – 8
,
159
,
169
,
170
,
187
,
190
,
193
,
265
,
351
,
356

Nasattyana* (Nasatyas),
235

Nasriyah
,
6
,
122

Nebi Mend, Tell
,
258
,
see also
Qadesh

Nebi Yunus
,
323

Nebuchadrezzar I,
277 – 8
,
282

Nebuchadrezzar II,
281
,
372
,
376
,
377 – 81
,
382
,
390
,
394
,
395
,
402

Nebuchadrezzar III, IV,
407 – 8

Necho I,
330
,
331
,
332

Necho II,
377

Negeb
,
238

Neirab
,
239

Neo-Hittites,
see
Hittites

Nergal*,
87
,
101
,
420

Nergal-eresh,
24

Nergal-ilia,
24

Neriglisaros (Nergal-shar-usur),
381

Nesa (Nesha),
232
,
233

Nesites,
232 – 3

Nibarti-Ashur,
290

Nidaba*,
144

Nidintu-Bêl,
407

Nile
river and delta,
4
,
6 – 7
,
238
,
240
,
254
,
268
,
312
,
328
,
330 – 31
,
332

Nimrud
,
see also
Kalhu

archaeology,
21
,
30
,
31
,
287
,
288
,
291 – 4
,
329
,
340
,
356

culture,
348
,
352 – 3
,
354
,
356

geography and history,
5
,
291
,
376
,
410
,
416

Nina,
131

Ninbanda,
136

Nineveh

archaeology,
30
,
31
,
50
,
54
,
55
,
154
,
287
,
311
,
337
,
348
,
355 – 6
,
358

culture,
57
,
79
,
86
,
111
,
128
,
301
,
322
,
323
,
335
,
357

geography,
5
,
14

history,
3
,
27
,
79
,
190
,
299
,
372
,
373
,
375
,
376
,
410
,
416

Ningal*,
164

Ningirsu*,
86
,
131
,
138
,
140
,
142
,
166 – 7
,
338

Ningishzida*,
106

Ninhursag* (Ninmah; Nintu),
91
,
104
,
123

Nini-zaza*,
127

Ninlil*,
249
,
341

Ninsun*,
116

Nintu* (Mami),
113
,
see also
Ninhursag

Ninua,
see
Nineveh

Ninurta*,
87
,
249
,
295

Ninus,
301

Nippur

archaeology,
21
,
30
,
31
,
163
,
182
,
209
,
360
,
419

culture,
86
,
88
,
93
,
111
,
128
,
169
,
171
,
202
,
248
,
358
,
397

geography,
6
,
131
,
274

history,
3
,
139
,
140
,
143
,
159
,
161
,
177
,
374
,
410
,
416

Nisaba*,
166
,
359

Nisibin
,
280
,
415

Nisir, Mt,
110

Nubia,
312

Nuhashshe,
258

Nûr-Adad,
183 – 4

Nuzi,
30
,
235
,
236
,
256
,
419