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Jared Krebsbach
Jared holds a PhD in Ancient History and an MA in Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology from the University of Memphis. His work has focused on political transition in ancient Egypt's Late Period (c. 728-341 BCE), particularly how foreign rule affected Egyptian culture and how Egyptian culture affected foreign rulers. Jared has also studied, written about, and been published on Biblical history, ancient historiography, and general Near Eastern history.
Education:University of Memphis, 2012PhD HistoryUniversity of Memphis, 2003MA Art HistoryMinnesota State University, Mankato, 2000BA HistoryExpertise:Articles by Jared Krebsbach
The construction of roads was just as important in the ancient world as it is today. It enabled transportation and trade and connected Empires.
The pyramids are the most famous ancient Egyptian tombs, but before they built these monuments to life after death, pharaohs were interred in mastabas.
The enigmatic Medes were a Near Eastern people who helped destroy the Assyrian Empire and may have laid the foundations for the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
The Amorites were an early Near Eastern people who may have been an ethnic group or a cultural movement. They were the founders of Babylon.
The Hittites built a successful empire in the ancient Near East. Their military success was based on their religion, technology, and military tactics.
Based on the island of Crete, before the ancient Greeks, the Minoans dominated the Aegean world for nearly 2,000 years during the Bronze Age.
When Alexander the Great died, Ptolemy installed himself as the king of Egypt, establishing a new Hellenistic regime that would last nearly 300 years.
The ancient Egyptians usually depicted the Nubians, their southern neighbors, as hostile foreigners, but they had a much more complex relationship.