People in History
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 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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Shamshi-ilu was an influential court dignitary and commander in chief (turtanu) of the Assyrian army who rose in high prominence
Origins
Shamshi-ilu was probably not born in Assyria though he was from noble linage of the Bit-Adini tribe and more than likely receiver teachings and was educated at the Assrian court and later rose in the ranks of the...
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Shuttarna II (or Šuttarna) was a king of the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni in the early 14th century BC.
Shuttarna was a descendant and probably a son of the great Mitannian king Artatama I. He was an ally of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III and the diplomatic dealings of the kings are briefly recorded in the Amarna letters. Shuttarna's daughter Ki...
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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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Taharqa was a pharaoh of Egypt and the Kingdom of Kush and a member of the Nubian or Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt. His reign can be dated from 690 BC to 664 BC.[3] He was the son of Piye, the Nubian king of Napata who had first conquered Egypt; Taharqa was also the younger brother and successor of Shebitku.[4]
Evidence for the dates of his reign ...
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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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Shu-sin was king of Sumer and Akkad, and was the penultimate king of the Ur III dynasty. He succeeded his brother Amar-Sin, and reigned circa 1972-1964 BC. (short chronology)
Following an open revolt of his Amorite subjects, he directed the construction of a fortified wall between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers, intending it to hold off any f...
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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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Shattiwaza (Šattiwaza, Kurtiwaza, also Mattiwaza), was a king of the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni in the fourteenth century BC.
Shattiwaza was the brother of king Tushratta. His Hurrian name was Kili-Tešup. In the political turmoil following the death of his predecessor, the usurper Shuttarna tried to murder Shattiwaza. Shattiwaza escaped and sought...
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