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Semiramis (Assyrian Sammu-Ramat) in Wikipedia

For the ancient Greeks[1] Semiramis was one of several legendary Assyrian queens. The earliest being the basis for Ishtaar, the most recent being Semiramis the second for whom the hanging gardens of Babylon were built.[2] Many legends have accumulated around her bold personality. Various efforts have been made to identify her with real persons. Sh...

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Shamshi-Adad Iv in Wikipedia

Shamshi-Adad IV was a King of Assyria from 1054 to 1050 BC. He was the son of Tiglath-Pileser I and usurped the throne from his nephew, Eriba-Adad II. The throne passed at his death to his son, Ashurnasirpal I....

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Shu-Turul in Wikipedia

Shu-turul (Shu-durul) was a king of Akkad from ca. 2233 to 2218 BC. He was preceded by Dudu. He was the last king of Akkad according to the Sumerian king list. Akkad was conquered and the capital was moved back to Erech at the end of his reign....

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Suppiluliuma I in Wikipedia

Suppiluliuma I was king of the Hittites (ca. 1344–1322 BC (short chronology)). He achieved fame as a great warrior and statesman, successfully challenging the then-dominant Egyptian empire for control of the lands between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates. Reign Suppiluliuma began his career as the chief advisor and general to Tudhaliya II, then...

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Sarduri Ii in Wikipedia

Sarduri II (ruled 764-735 BCE) was the King of Urartu (modern-day Turkey and Armenia). The Urartian Kingdom was at its peak during his reign. He succeeded his father Argishti I to the throne. Sardur II was so confident in his power that he erected a massive wall at Tushpa (Van) with the following inscription: "the magnificent king, the mighty ki...

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Sennacherib (Assyrian Sin-Ahhe-Eriba) in Wikipedia

Sennacherib (Akkadian: Sîn-ahhī-erība "Sîn has replaced (lost) brothers for me"; Aramaic: ܣܝܼܢ ܐܵܗܝܼ ܐܹܪܝܼܒܵܐ) was the son of Sargon II, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (704 – 681 BC). Rise to power As the crown prince, Sennacherib was placed in charge of the Assyrian Empire while his father, Sargon II, was on campaign. Unlike his prede...

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Sargon Ii in Wikipedia

Sargon II ( Akkadian Šarru-kên "legitimate king", reigned 722 – 705 BC) was an Assyrian king. Sargon II became co-regent with Shalmaneser V in 722 BC, and became the sole ruler of the kingdom of Assyria in 722 BC after the death of Shalmaneser V. It is not clear whether he was the son of Tiglath-Pileser III or a usurper unrelated to the royal famil...

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Shamshi-Adad V in Wikipedia

Shamshi-Adad V was the King of Assyria from 824 to 811 BC. Biography He was the son and successor of Shalmaneser III, the husband of Shammuramat (by some identified with the mythical Semiramis), and the father of Adad-nirari III, who succeeded him as king. The first years of his reign saw a serious struggle for the succession of the aged Shalmane...

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Shulgi in Wikipedia

Shulgi (also formerly read as Dungi) of Urim was the second king of the "Sumerian Renaissance". He reigned for 48 years, dated to 2029 BCE–1982 BCE (short chronology). He built the Great Ziggurat of Ur. Both the readings "Shulgi" and "Dungi" were known before the turn of the 20th century, but over the course of that century, the scholarly consensu...

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Suppiluliuma Ii in Wikipedia

Suppiluliuma II, the son of Tudhaliya IV, was the last known king of the New Kingdom of the Hittite Empire, ruling ca. 1207–1178 BC (short chronology), contemporary with Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria. He is known from two inscriptions in Hieroglyphic Luwian. They record wars against former vassal Tarhuntassa, and against Alasiya in Cyprus. One insc...

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