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Nabu-Shuma-Ukin Ii in Wikipedia

Nabu-Suma-Ukin II. was the King of Babylon briefly in 732 BC. He ascended the throne after the assassination of Nabu-nadin-zeri, but was deposed after a month of his reign by Nabu-mukin-zeri. [1] Albert Kirk Grayson in his book "Assyrian and Babylonian" reports that this particular king is omitted from the Ptolemaic canon. [2]...

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Lugalanda in Wikipedia

Lugalanda (also Lugal-anda) was a Sumerian king of Lagash in the 24th century BC. He was the son of the high priest of Lagash, and was made king by him. By this time the priests had become stronger and occupied the throne. The priests, especially the high priests, remained mighty during Lugalanda's reign. Lugalanda was married with Baranamtarra, ...

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Marduk-Zakir-Shumi I in Wikipedia

Marduk-zakir-šumi I was a king of Dynasty IX of Babylon, from 855-819 BC. Marduk-zakir-šumi I is known to have made at least one kudurru boundary stone.[1]...

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Micah in Wikipedia

Micah (Hebrew: מִיכָה, Modern Mikha Tiberian Mîḵā; pronounced /ˈmaɪkə/ in English) is a given name. Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), and means "who is like God?", in the sense that God is unique. The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in Yah and in Yahweh results in Michaiah...

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Mutakkil-Nusku in Wikipedia

Mutakkil-Nusku was King of Assyria briefly in 1133 BC. The son of Ashur-dan I, Mutakkil-Nusku usurped the throne from his brother, Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur, apparently only shortly after their father's death. Mutakkil-Nusku died soon after this act of usurpation, leaving the throne to his son, Ashur-resh-ishi I....

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Nadab in Wikipedia

Nadab may refer to: * Nadab (son of Aaron), Biblical figure, eldest son of Aaron the High Priest of Israel * Nadab of Israel (reigned c. 901-900 BCE), king of the northern Kingdom of Israel * Nădab, a village administered by Chişineu-Criş town, Arad County, Romania...

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Meli-Shipak II in Wikipedia

Melishipak II was a Kassite king of Babylon ca. 1186–1172 BC (short chronology). His rule is understood to have been peaceful. One of his daughters was married to the Elamite ruler Shutruk-Nahhunte. A boundarystone (Kudurru) reports of his passing some land to his son and successor Marduk-apal-iddina I–(Land grant to Marduk-apal-iddina). Literatur...

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Midas (=Mita) in Wikipedia

Midas or King Midas (in Greek Μίδας) is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. This was called the Golden touch, or the Midas touch.[1] He bears some relation to the historical Mita, king of the Mushki in Western Anatolia in the later 8th century BC.[2] Midas was king[3] of Pessinus, a city...

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Lugalzagesi in Wikipedia

Lugal-Zage-Si (lugal-zag-ge4-si = LUGAL.ZAG.GI4.SI 𒈗𒍠𒄄𒋛; frequently spelled Lugalzaggesi, sometimes Lugalzagesi or "Lugal-Zaggisi") of Umma (reigned ca. 2296 - 2271 BC short chronology) was the last Sumerian king before the conquest of Sumer by Sargon of Akkad and the rise of the Akkadian Empire, and was considered a...

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Nabonassar (Babylonian Nabu-Nasir)in Wikipedia

Nabonassar (also Nabonasser, Nabu-nasir, Nebo-adon-Assur or Nabo-n-assar) founded a kingdom in Babylon in 747 BC. This is now considered as the start of the Neo-Babylonian Dynasty.[citation needed] At the time the Assyrian Empire was in disarray through civil war and the ascendancy of other kingdoms such as Urartu. An army commander involved in the...

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