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Cyaxares (Babylonian Umakishtar) in Wikipedia

yaxares or Hvakhshathra (Old Persian: 𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼[1] Uvaxštra[2], Greek Κυαξάρης; r. 625 - 585 BC), the son of King Phraortes, was the first king of Media [3]. He reorganized and modernized the Median Army, then joined with King Nabopolassar of Babylonia. This alliance was formalized through the marriage ...

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Athaliah in Wikipedia

Athaliah, also spelled Athalia or Atalia (Hebrew: עֲתַלְיָה‎, ʻĂṯalyâ, "God is exalted"; Greek: Γοθολια; Latin: Athalia) was the queen of Judah during the reign of King Jehoram, and later became sole ruler of Judah for six years. William F. Albright has dated her reign to 842 – 837 BC, while Edwin R. Thiele's dates, as taken from the third edition ...

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Bel-Ibni in Wikipedia

Bel-ibni was a Babylonian nobleman who served as King of Babylon for several years as the nominee of the Assyrian king Sennacherib. Sennacherib, believing that direct Assyrian rule was too costly, appointed Bel-ibni, a young Babylonian nobleman raised at the Assyrian court, King of Babylon in 703 BC. The experiment with a native puppet king was h...

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Cyrus I (Babylonian Kurash) in Wikipedia

Cyrus I (Old Persian Kuruš) or Cyrus (II), was King of Anshan in Persia from c. 600 to 580 BC or, according to others, from c. 652 to 600 BC. He should not be confused with his famous grandson Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II. His name in Modern Persian is کوروش, while in Greek he was called Κῦρος, Kȳros. Cyrus was an early member of the Ac...

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Ashared-Apil-Ekur in Wikipedia

Asharid-apal-Ekur was King of Assyria from 1076 to 1074 BC. He succeeded his father, Tiglath-Pileser I, and was succeeded by a brother, Ashur-bel-kala.[1]...

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Ashur-Nadin-Apli in Wikipedia

Ashur-nadin-apli was an Assyrian king. (1207 BC – 1204 BC or 1196 BC – 1194 BC) The name of the king meant "the god Ashur has given a son" in the Akkadian language. He was the son of the king Tukulti-Ninurta I....

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Ashur-Nadin-Shumi in Wikipedia

Ashur-nadin-shumi (d.694 BC) was an ancient King of Babylon. The son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib, Ashur-nadin-shumi was installed by his father as King of Babylon in 700 BC. He reigned for six years, until he was murdered by the Elamites following their capture of the city in 694 BC....

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Ashur-Rim-Nisheshu in Wikipedia

Ashur-rim-nisheshu was the king of Assyria from 1398 BC to 1390 BC. He was the son of the king before him, Ashur-bel-nisheshu....

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Ashur-Rabi Ii in Wikipedia

Ashur-rabi II was one of the longest-reigning kings of Assyria, reigning for 41 years. Little is known about his reign, of which few records survive. He was apparently a younger son of Ashurnasirpal I. Following the reigns of his elder brother, Shalmaneser II, and his nephew Ashur-nirari IV, he became king in 1013 BC. He began his reign with setbac...

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Ashur-Ahhe-Iddina in Wikipedia

Esarhaddon (Akkadian: Aššur-ahhe-iddina "Ashur has given a brother to me"; Aramaic: ܐܵܫܘܿܪ ܐܵܗܐܹ ܐܝܼܕܝܼܢܵܐ; Hebrew: אֵסַר חַדֹּן‎;[1] Ancient Greek: Ασαραδδων;[2] Latin: Asor Haddan[3]), was a king of Assyria who reigned 681 – 669 BC. He was the youngest son of Sennacherib and the Aramean queen Naqi'a (Zakitu), Sennacherib's second wife. When, de...

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