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Originally Published: December 15, 1982
Last Updated: July 13, 2011
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Vol. I, Fasc. 1, p. 63
ABAR NAHARA
Aramaic name for the lands to the west of the Euphrates—i.e., Phoenicia, Syria, and Palestine (Parpola, p. 116; Zadok, p. 129; see ASSYRIA ii). These regions apparently passed from Neo-Babylonian to Persian control in 539 B.C.E. when Cyrus the Great conquered Mesopotamia. See ·¡µþ·¡¸é-±·Ä€¸éĪ.
