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Ashur-Bel-Kala in Wikipedia

Ashur-bel-kala (also Assur-bel-kala; "(the god) Aššur is the lord of everything") was King of Assyria from 1074 to 1056 BC. He was the son of Tiglath-Pileser I and succeeded after the brief reign of his brother, Asharid-apal-Ekur. After a 18 years reign, he prematurely died and was buried in the city of Ashur.[1] He was succeeded by his son, Eriba...

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Ashur-Nirari I in Wikipedia

Ashur-nirari I was the king of Assyria from 1529 BC to 1503 BC and the son of the former king Ishme-Dagan II. Under his reign, he helped construct the langraum of the Sin-Shamash temple at the Assyrian capital of Ashur. [1]...

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Ashur-Bel-Nisheshu in Wikipedia

Ashur-Bel-Nisheshu was the king of Assyria from 1407 BC to 1398 BC. He was the son of the previous king, Ashur-nirari II....

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Ashur-Nirari Ii in Wikipedia

Ashur-nirari II was the king of Assyria from 1414 BC 1407 BC. He was the brother of the king before him, Enlil-Nasir II....

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Ashur-Dan Ii in Wikipedia

Ashur-Dan II was a King of Assyria (c. 935 BC - 912 BC). Family Ashur-Dan II succeeded his father, Tiglath-Pileser II. He was succeeded by his son Adad-nirari II. Reign He reigned from 935 B.C. until his death in 912 B.C. Ashur-dan II concentrated on rebuilding Assyria within its natural borders, from Tur Abdin to the foothills beyond Arbel, h...

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Ashur-Nirari Iii in Wikipedia

Ashur-nirari III was king of Assyria. (1203 BC – 1198 BC or 1193 BC - 1187 BC). He was the grandson of Tukulti-Ninurta I and may have succeeded his uncle Ashur-nadin-apli on the throne. Ashur-nirari's father Ashur-nasir-pal participated in a conspiracy against Tukulti-Ninurta I which led to his murder. The six-year-reign of Ashur-nirari III is very...

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Artaxerxes Ii in Wikipedia

Artaxerxes II Mnemon (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠[1] Artaxšaçā, Ancient Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης) was king of Persia from 404 BC until his death. He was a son of Darius II of Persia and Parysatis....

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Ashur-Dan Iii in Wikipedia

Ashur-dan III was King of Assyria from 773 to 755 BC. Ashur-dan III was the son of Adad-nirari III, and succeeded his brother Shalmaneser IV in 773 BC. Ashur-dan's reign was a difficult age for the Assyrian monarchy. The rulership was severely limited by the influence of court dignitaries, particularly that of Shamshi-ilu, who was the commander-in...

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Ashur-Nirari Iv in Wikipedia

Ashur-nirari IV was a King of Assyria. He succeeded his father Shalmaneser II in 1019 BC, and reigned for six years, until 1013 BC, when he was succeeded by his uncle Ashur-rabi II. Beyond this, almost nothing is known about his brief reign....

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Artaxerxes Iii in Wikipedia

Artaxerxes III of Persia (Ca. 425 BC – 338 BC) (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠,[3] transliterated as Artaxšaçā), was the Great King (Shah) of Persia and the eleventh Emperor of the Achaemenid Empire, as well as the first Pharaoh of the 31st dynasty of Egypt. He was the son and successor of Artaxerxes II...

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