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Arakha (=Nebuchadnezzar Iv) in Wikipedia

Nebuchadnezzar IV, also known as Arakha, was the last king of Babylon. In 529 BC, with the disturbances that occurred after the death of Cambyses II and the proclamation of Bardiya as King, the Armenians revolted. Darius I of Persia sent an Armenian named Dâdarši to suffocate the revolt, later substituting him for the Persian Vaumisa who defeated ...

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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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Abi-Esuh in Wikipedia

Abi-Eshuh was a king of Babylon who reigned from 1711-1684 BC. He was preceded by Samsu-iluna....

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Adad-Nirari Iii in Wikipedia

Adad-nirari III (also Adad-narari) was King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC. He was the son and successor of Shamshi-Adad V, and was apparently quite young at the time of his accession, because for the first five years of his reign his mother Shammuramat acted as regent, which may have given rise to the legend of Semiramis. Adad-nirari's youth, and ...

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Aba-Enlil-dana on BookRags

(Aramean Ahiqar) High official under SENNACHERIB and ESARHADDON (7th century). Under his Aramean name, Ahiqar, he became famous as the author of a series of wisdom texts written in Aramaic. Grayson 1991, in CAH III/2:132. Who’s Who in the Ancient Near East. © 2009 Taylor and Francis....

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Abi-Milki in Wikipedia

Abi-Milku was the only mayor/ruler of Tyre, Lebanon (called Surru in the letters), during the period of the Amarna letters correspondence (1350-1335 BC). He is the author of ten letters (to the pharaoh), EA 146-155 (EA for 'el Amarna'). He is not referenced by name, in any other letters of the 382–letter corpus....

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Adasi in Wikipedia

Adasi is a small village in Gondia district, Maharashtra state, India.[1]...

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Agum III in Wikipedia

Agum III was a Kassite king of Babylon ca. mid 14th century BC. Little is known about the king, with the only Babylonian reference to him from an expedition he led against "the Sealand" ca. 1465 BC[1]. He reputedly conquered the Sealand city of Dur-Ea, which left him in control of all of Babylonia.[2] He was succeeded by his son, Ulamburaish[cita...

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Ahiqar in Wikipedia

Ahiqar or Ahikar was an Assyrian sage known in the ancient Near East for his outstanding wisdom. The Story of Ahikar, also known as the Words of Ahikar, has been found in an Aramaic papyrus of 500 B.C. among the ruins of Elephantine. The narrative of the initial part of the story is expanded greatly by the presence of a large number of wise saying...

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Abiba’Al in Wikipedia

Abibaal (Phoenican and Hebrew Baal is my father) was a king of Tyre in the 10th century BC, father of the famous Hiram I. The only information known about him is derived from two passages in Josephus's Against Apion, i.17 and i.18.[1] All that is said in these passages is that he preceded his son Hiram on the throne of Tyre. Neither his length of r...

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