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Destruction of Tarsus (c. 1200 BC)
The destruction of Tarsus around 1200 BC was the burning of the Late Bronze Age Hittite city at Gözlükule in Cilicia, southeastern Anatolia, during the Late Bronze Age collapse.
Destruction of Tell Deir Alla (c. 1200 BC)
The destruction of Tell Deir Alla, an earthquake and fire in the Jordan Valley around 1188–1150 BC, destroyed its temple complex during the Late Bronze Age collapse.
Destruction of the First Temple
The Destruction of the First Temple, also called the Destruction of Solomon's Temple, was the burning of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II's Babylonian army in 587/586 BC.
Destruction of Ugarit
The destruction of Ugarit, also called the Fall of Ugarit, was the burning of the Levantine port city around 1190–1185 BC during the Late Bronze Age collapse.
Deuteronomic Code
The Deuteronomic Code is the law collection in Deuteronomy 12–26, governing Israel's worship, courts, and households, traditionally identified with the book found in the Temple in 622 BCE during King Josiah's reform.
Dhamar Ali Yahbur
Dhamar Ali Yahbur, also Dhamarʿalī Yuhabirr, was a Ḥimyarite king of Sabaʾ and dhū-Raydān who reigned around 135–165 CE and was succeeded by his son Thaʾrān Yaʿub.
Dhu Shanatir
Dhu Shanatir, also known as Zu Shenatir (ذو شناتر), is a tyrannical usurper of the throne of Himyar in Yemen known only from Arabic tradition, killed by Dhu Nuwas.
Dialogue between a Man and His God
The Dialogue between a Man and His God is an Old Babylonian Akkadian poem of sixty-nine lines in which a suffering man complains to his god and is healed.
Dialogue of Pessimism
The Dialogue of Pessimism is an Akkadian dialogue in which a master and his slave debate a series of actions, with the slave endorsing each and its renunciation.
Diary of Merer
The Diary of Merer, also called the Wadi al-Jarf Papyri, is the oldest papyrus archive found in Egypt, a logbook recording boat crews ferrying Tura limestone to Khufu's Great Pyramid.
Diauehi
Diauehi, also known as Daiaeni, was an Iron Age kingdom near Urartu in eastern Anatolia, attested from the 12th century BC and conquered by Urartu in the 8th century BC.
Didanu
Didanu, also written Ditanu or Tidanu, was an Amorite ancestor figure claimed by Hammurabi's dynasty of Babylon and the early Assyrian King List; whether a king of this name existed is uncertain.
Didyme (mistress of Ptolemy II)
Didyme was an Egyptian mistress of Ptolemy II Philadelphus in 3rd-century-BC Alexandria, described as very beautiful and known almost solely from Ptolemy VIII's Memoirs and a possible epigram by Asclepiades.
Dil Na'od
Dil Na'od, also written Del Na'od, is the last king of Aksum in Ethiopian tradition, a semi-legendary 9th or 10th century ruler before the Zagwe dynasty.
Dilmun merchant archives
The Dilmun merchant archives are Old Babylonian cuneiform tablets from Ur, chiefly the archive of merchant Ea-nāṣir, documenting the copper trade with Dilmun (modern Bahrain) around 1800 BC.
Dilmun weight system
The Dilmun weight system is the Bronze Age weight standard of Early Dilmun, centered on Bahrain, around 2000 BC, with a basic unit of about 1.7 grams and a mina of about 1,350 grams.
Dioiketes
The dioiketes (διοικητής; plural dioiketai, also Dioecetes) was the chief financial official of Ptolemaic Egypt, seated in Alexandria; Apollonios under Ptolemy II is the best-known holder.
Dionysios (son of Kephalas)
Dionysios son of Kephalas, also called Plenis, was a landholding official and royal farmer at Akoris in Ptolemaic Egypt, active about 125 to 100 BC.
Dioscurides (admiral)
Dioscurides (Greek: Διοσκουρίδης) was a naval commander in the fleet of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, active in the Aegean in 314–313 BC during the Third War of the Diadochi.
Dioscurides (Ptolemaic courtier)
Dioscurides (Greek: Διοσκουρίδης) was a court official of Ptolemaic Egypt who rose through honorific titles to become dioiketes, the central finance minister in Alexandria, serving until around 149/8 BC.
Discovery of the Book of the Law
The discovery of the Book of the Law was the finding of a scroll in the Temple of Jerusalem in 622 BC, during repairs under King Josiah of Judah.
Discovery of the Indus script
The discovery of the Indus script was John Marshall's 1924 announcement that seals from Harappa and Mohenjo-daro bore legends in an unknown script, revealing a lost civilization.
Dispute between a man and his Ba
The Dispute between a Man and his Ba is a Middle Egyptian dialogue where a despairing man debates death with his vital element, the Ba.
Dius of Tyre
Dius of Tyre was a Phoenician historian writing in Greek around the 2nd century BC, whose single surviving fragment on King Hiram I survives only in Josephus.
Division of the Kingdom
The Division of the Kingdom, or Schism of Jeroboam and Rehoboam, was the split of the Israelite monarchy around 931 BC into Israel under Jeroboam and Judah under Rehoboam.
Divorce of the Amurru princess
The divorce of the Amurru princess was the repudiation of Bentešina's daughter by Ammistamru II of Ugarit around 1250 BC, authorized by Tudhaliya IV and ending in her execution.
Djari
Djari was an Egyptian official and military commander at the Theban court of king Intef II, known from two stelae recording his campaigns in the Thinis region.
Djaty (prince)
Djaty was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, recorded as a son of King Djedefre and owner of mastaba G 7810 at Giza, known only from George Reisner's unpublished manuscript.
Djau (nomarch of Abydos)
Djau was a Sixth Dynasty Egyptian vizier from a powerful Abydos family; his sisters married Pepy I, and he served under Pepy I, Merenre, and Pepy II.
Djedankhre Montemsaf
Djedankhre Montemsaf is an ancient Egyptian king, recorded under the throne name Djedankhre, conventionally placed in the Theban 16th Dynasty around the 17th century BC.