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Imperial Aramaic - the language of the Persian Empire.

At its height the Persian Empire was huge stretching from Macedonia and Thrace to the Indian Subcontinent.  Occupation of Upper Mesopotamia. In the 6th century B.C.E. the Persian Empire devastated the lands of Mesopotamia incorpo…

What is Aramaic?

Aramaic is a Semitic language related to Arabic,Hebrew,Amharic,Tigrinia and Akkadian the oldest Semitic language we know,more closely related to Hebrew. During its' existence it has gone through many phases.It was never a…

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