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Arame (=Aramu) in Wikipedia

Aramu or Arame (ruled 858–844 BC) was the first known king of Urartu.[1] Living at the time of Shalmaneser III (ruled 859-824 BC), Aram united the Nairi tribe against the threat of the Assyrian Empire. His capital at Arzashkun was captured by Shalmaneser.[2] Arame has been suggested as the prototype of both Aram (and, correspondingly the popular ...

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Arnuwanda Iii in Wikipedia

Arnuwanda III was the penultimate king of the Hittite empire (New kingdom) (ca. 1209–1207 BC (short chronology)) and a son of Tudhaliya IV....

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Amasis in Wikipedia

Amasis may refer to: * Amasis I, Pharaoh of Egypt in 1550–1525 BC * Amasis II, Pharaoh of Egypt in 570–526 BC * Amasis (Persian general), Achaemenid military commander in Egypt in ca. 525 BC * Amasis Painter, ancient Greek vase painter of the black figure style...

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Ammurapi in Wikipedia

Ammurapi was the last Bronze Age ruler and king of the Ancient Syrian city of Ugarit, from ca. 1215 to 1180 BC. Ammurapi was a contemporary of the Hittite King Suppiluliuma II. He wrote a vivid letter (RS 18.147) in response to a plea for assistance from the king of Alasiya which has been preserved.[1] It dramatically highlights the desperate situa...

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Ardys in Wikipedia

Ardys or Ardysus may refer to: * Ardys I, twenty-second king of Lydia * Ardys II, twenty-seventh king of Lydia...

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Arsaces I (=Parthian Arshak) in Wikipedia

Arsaces is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name (rather than the personal names of the kings) adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the 'phil-hellenenic' Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous Parthian and Armenian form was Arshak....

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Amat-Mamu in Wikipedia

Amat-Mamu, fl. ca. 1750 B.C., Sippar in ancient Babylonia, was a scribe whose existence is known from the cuniform tablets on which she wrote. Amat-Mamu was a Naditu priestess and temple scribe in Sippar, in ancient Babylonia. We know she lived in the gagum, a walled cloister precinct inhabited exclusively by women. Her name is known through Nadi...

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Amon in Wikipedia

Amon can refer to: * Amun, an Ancient Egyptian deity, also known as Amon and Amon Ra * Amon (demon), a Goetic demon * Amon (Formula One team) * Former name of the band Deicide * Amon of Judah, king of Judah and son of Manasseh * Chris Amon, former Formula One driver and considered one of the unluckiest men in the sport, won the 24 Hours Le M...

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Antiochus Iv Epiphanes in Wikipedia

Antiochus IV Epiphanes ("Manifest (God)"[1], "the Illustrious"; pronounced /ænˈtaɪ.əkəs ɛˈpɪfəniːz/, from Greek: Ἀντίοχος Ἐπιφανὴς; born c. 215 BC; died 164 BC) ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great and the brother of Seleucus IV Philopator. His original name was Mithridates; h...

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Antiochus Iii The Great in Wikipedia

Antiochus III the Great (Greek: Ἀντίoχoς Μέγας; ca. 241–187 BC, ruled 222–187 BC), younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus, became the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC. Ascending the throne at young age, Antiochus was an ambitious ruler. Although his early attempts in war against the Ptolemaic Kingdom were unsuc...

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