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Lipit-Eshtar in Wikipedia

Lipit-Ishtar (Lipit-Eshtar), was the fifth ruler of the first dynasty of Isin, and ruled from around 1934 BCE to 1924 BCE. Some documents and royal inscriptions from his time have survived, but he is mostly known because Sumerian language hymns written in his honor, as well as a legal code written in his name (preceding the famed Code of Hammurabi ...

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Marduk-nadin-ahhe in Wikipedia

Marduk-nadin-ahhe was a king of Babylon from 1100-1082 BC in Dynasty IV of Babylon. Marduk-nadin-ahhe is known to have made at least one Kudurru boundary stone....

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Mesopotamia in Wikipedia

Mesopotamia (from the Greek Μεσοποταμία "[land] between the rivers", Assyrian called "Bet-Nahrain", rendered in Arabic as بلاد الرافدين bilād al-rāfidayn)[1] is a toponym for the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq,[2] as well as some parts of northeastern Syria,[2] southeastern Turkey,[2] and southwe...

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Mut-Ashkur in Wikipedia

Mut-Ashkur was the king of Assyria from 1730 BC to 1720 BC. The was the son and successor of Ishme-Dagan. His father arranged for him to marry the daughter of the Hurrian king Zaziya. [1]...

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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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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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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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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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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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