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Rusa Iii in Wikipedia

Rusa III (629 - 601) [1] was the king of Urartu, called son of Erimena, probably the brother of Rusa II. Not much is known from his reign; his name was on a huge granary at Armavir and a series of bronze shields from the temple of Khaldi found at Rusahinili.[2]...

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Nebuchadnezzar Ii (Babylonian Nabu-Kudurru-Usur)

Nebuchadnezzar II (Aramaic): (ܢܵܒܘܼ ܟܘܼܕܘܼܪܝܼ ܐܘܼܨܘܼܪ) About this sound Listen (help·info) (c 634 – 562 BC) was king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, who reigned c. 605 BC – 562 BC. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Jews into exile. He is credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. He is featu...

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Niqmepa in Wikipedia

Niqmepa was the fourth and longest serving ruler and king of the Ancient Syrian city of Ugarit ca. 1312 - 1260 BC....

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Perdiccas in Wikipedia

Perdiccas (Greek: Περδίκκας, Perdikkas; died 321 BC or 320 BC) was one of Alexander the Great's generals. After Alexander's death in 323 BC he became regent of all Alexander's empire. Arrian tells us he was son of Orontes,[1] a descendant of the independent princes of the Macedonian province of Orestis. As the commander of a battalion of heavy pha...

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Pulu in Wikipedia

Pulu is a silky material obtained from the fibers of the hapuʻu pulu (Cibotium glaucum), a tree fern of Hawaii. It is made of the brown hairs that cover the young fiddlehead as it uncoils. For a period in the 1800s, pulu was collected, dried, and exported as pillow and mattress stuffing. A stone structure in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park known as...

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Sabium in Wikipedia

Sabium (also Sabum) was a King in the First Dynasty of Babylon. He reigned ca. 1781 BC - 1767 BC.[1]...

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Nebuchadnezzar Iii in Wikipedia

Nebuchadnezzar III (died 520 BCE) was a ruler of Bablyon. He led a short lived rebellion against Darius I of Persia. His exact identity is uncertain. According to the Behistun Inscription, Darius claimed that he was an impostor called Nidinta-Bel, but some historians consider that he probably did have some connection with the previous Babylonian ...

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Nur-Adad in Wikipedia

Nur-Adad ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from 1801 BC to 1785 BC. He was a contemporary of Sumu-la-El of Babylon. [1] [2] [3]...

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Puzur-Ashur Iii in Wikipedia

Puzur-Ashur III was the king of Assyria from 1503 BC to 1479 BC. According to the Assyrian King List, he was the son and successor of Ashur-nirari I and ruled for 24 years. He is also the first Assyrian king to appear in the synchronistic history, where he is described as a contemporary of Burnaburiash of Babylon. [1] A few of his building inscript...

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Phraates Ii in Wikipedia

Phraates II of Parthia, son of Mithridates I of Parthia (171–128 BC), the conqueror of Babylon, ruled the Parthian Empire from 138 BC to 128 BC. He was attacked in 130 BC by Antiochus VII Sidetes (138–129 BC), ruler of the Seleucid Empire. Antiochus VII, however, after great initial success, was defeated and killed in battle in Media in 129 BC, whi...

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