Sennacherib

Sennacherib

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Sennacherib (in Akkadian "Śïn-ahhe-eriba" "(The moon god) Śïn has Replaced (Lost) Brothers for Me") was the son of Sargon II, whom he succeeded on t...
Sargon Of Akkad

Sargon Of Akkad

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Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great, was an Akkadian king famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd...
Hammurabi

Hammurabi

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Hammurabi (Akkadian from Amorite "ˤAmmurāpi", "the kinsman is a healer," from "ˤAmmu", "paternal kinsman," and "Rāpi", "healer"; c. 1810 BCE - 1750...
Ur-Nammu

Ur-Nammu

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Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, ca. 2112-2095 BC) founded the Sumerian 3rd dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of...

Belshazzar

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Belshazzar (or "Baltasar"; Akkadian "Bel-sarra-usur") was a prince of Babylon, the son of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon. In the "Book of...
Shalmaneser V

Shalmaneser V

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Shalmaneser V (Akkadian: "Shulmanu-asharid") was king of Assyria from 727 to 722 BC. He first appears as governor of Zimirra in Phoenicia in the...

Ashur

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Ashur (Akkadian:), was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Aram, Arpachshad and Lud. The Hebrew text of Gen. 10:11...

A. Leo Oppenheim

male, deceased (1974)
A(dolph) Leo Oppenheim (7 June 1904 - 21 July 1974), one of the most distinguished Assyriologists of his generation was editor-in-charge of the...
Utu-Hegal

Utu-Hegal

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Utu-hegal was one of the first King of Sumer after centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule. There are several theories concerning further details of...
Naram-Suen

Naram-Suen

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Naram-Suen was a king of the Old Assyrian kingdom. He reigned from ca. 1872 BC to 1845 BC-1843 BC. Not to be confused with Akkadian king Naram-Sin...