view om the euphrates Mari Sippar Nippur Shuruppak Uruk Ur Eridu
The Euphrates provided the water that led to the first flowering of civilization in Sumer, dating from about the 4th millennium BCE. Many important ancient cities were located on or near the riverside, including Mari, Sippar, Nippur, Shuruppak, Uruk, Ur and Eridu. The river valley formed the heartlands of the later empires of Babylonia and Assyria. For several centuries, the river formed the eastern limit of effective Egyptian and Roman control and western regions of the Persian Empire. Also, the Battle of Karbala occurred at the banks of Euphrates river, where Imam Hussain, along with his family and friends, were martyred. In Islam, some of the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad, suggest that the Euphrates will dry up (drop off), revealing unknown treasures that will be the cause of strife and war. "Soon the river Euphrates will disclose the treasure [the mountain] of gold. So, whoever will be present at that time should not take anything of it." — Sahih Bukhari. The Prophet Muhammad said: "The Hour will not come to pass before the river Euphrates dries up to unveil the mountain of gold, for which people will fight. Ninety-nine out of one hundred will die [in the fighting], and every man among them will say: 'Perhaps I may be the only one to remain alive'." — Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim. The Prophet Muhammad said: "The Euphrates reveals the treasures within itself. Whoever sees it should not take anything from it". "It [the Euphrates] will uncover a mountain of gold [under it]." — Sunan Abi Da'ud.
Size: 5333px × 3351px
Photo credit: © 19th era / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -fashioned, 1800, 19th, 2d, 4th, academic, age, ancient, antique, antiquity, bce., black, book, bw, bygone, caentury, cities, civilization, classical, copy, cut, cutout, dating, drawing, duplicate, embossed, empire, engrave, engraved, engraver, engraving, eridu., etching, euphrates, expression, figure, flowering, formal, formed, front, frontispiece, graphic, hand, hear, heritage, historic, history, illustration, image, imperial, important, including, late, led, lifelike, located, majesty, margin, mari, master, millennium, monotone, national, nineteenth, nippur, notable, obscure, obsolete, olden, om, original, paper, period, pictorial, picture, portrait, pre, press, print, printed, printing, prior, proof, publication, publicity, queen, rare, real, realism, realistic, reference, relief, replica, represent, representation, repro, reproduce, reproduction, retro, review, river, riverside, romantic, shuruppak, sippar, social, standard, steel, studio, style, subject, sumer, teach, time, title, tool, topic, topical, tract, true, unusual, ur, uruk, valley, victoria, victorian, view, visual, water, white
