The Program in Judaic Studies' hosting of this year's Mytelka Scholar, Beth Berkowitz, continues with this seminar on Wednesday, February 12. Description Aristotle calls both animals and enslaved ...

General Onnos returns from a successful military campaign to the Assyrian capital of Nineveh. He presents King Minurte with a number of newly-captured slaves including Kir, defeated king of the ...

The Babylonian bridal auction, described by Greek historian Herodotus in the 5th century BC, is regarded as one of the earliest auctions.

At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life like? Along with the pioneering legal code of Hammurabi, a wealth of ...