abzu adapa akkadian empire akkadian language alalngar alulim amar-sin amorite anu aramaic language archaeology assur assyria assyriology assyro-babylonian religion babel babylon babylonia bad-tibira berosus chaldea cities of the ancient near east david rohl dilmun dur-sharrukin elam elamite language enki enlil enmerkar euphrates geographic coordinate system gilgamesh history of sumer hittite language hittites hurrian language hurrians inanna iraq isin kassites lagash larsa marduk mesopotamia mesopotamian mythology mitanni ngirsu nimrod nimrud nineveh nippur persian gulf samarra semitic seton lloyd sumer sumerian language susa tigris tower of babel ur uruk ziggurat