across the vast empire. His investigation into Aramaic's utilization as the lingua franca in the outlying regions of the Achaemenid Empire highlighted indigenous...

have tended to neglect the economic basis of the empire in favor of the lingua franca of Latin and the exploits of the Roman legions.[citation needed]...

Commagene and Osroene were incorporated in 72 and 214 CE respectively, while Nabatea was incorporated as Arabia Petraea in 106 CE. Between the 1st and 3rd centuries...

status to any particular language. Frye reclassifies Imperial Aramaic as the lingua franca of the Achaemenid empire, suggesting that the use of Aramaic language...

Media, Mannea, Babylonia, Arabia, Phoenicia, Israel, Judah, Samaria, Nabatea, Chaldea, Cyprus, Moab, Edom and the Neo-Hittites were subjugated, Tiglath-Pileser...

fashion in the reign of an Arabian emperor, Philip. Other gods worshipped in Nabatea during this period were Isis, Balshamin and Obodat Sacrifices of animals...

were created there. Since ancient times, the Middle East has had several lingua franca: Akkadian, Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Arabic. The Sumerians, around...

was what enabled the spread of Christianity and reflects its role as the lingua franca of the Mediterranean during the time of the Empire. Following Diocletian's...

Sardinia, Sardegna. Oristano: S'Alvure. 3 Volumes Pittau, Massimo (2001). La lingua sardiana o dei protosardi. Cagliari: Ettore Gasperini editore. Pittau, Massimo...

with South Asia led to the widespread adoption of Sanskrit as the trade lingua franca in the early Maritime Silk Road by the 4th century CE. Han and Tang...