Sargon II

Sargon II

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Sargon II was an Assyrian king. He took the throne from Shalmaneser V in 722 BC. It is not clear whether he was the son of Tiglath-Pileser III or a...
Shalmaneser III

Shalmaneser III

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Shalmaneser III was king of Assyria (859 BC-824 BC), and son of the previous ruler, Ashurnasirpal II. His long reign was a constant series of...
Tiglath-Pileser I

Tiglath-Pileser I

male
Tiglath-Pileser I (the Hebraic form of "Tukulti-apil-Esharra", "my trust is in the son of Esharra") was King of Assyria (1115 BC - 1076 BC)....

Tudhaliya

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Tudhaliya is the name of several Hittite kings *Tudhaliya (also Tudhaliya I) is a hypothetic pre-Empire king of the Hittites. He would have reigned...

Suppiluliuma I

male
Suppiluliuma I ("Shuppiluliuma") was king of the Hittites (ca. 1358 BC - 1323 BC). He achieved fame as a great warrior and statesman, successfully...

Kubaba

female
Kubaba (in the Weidner "Chronicle"), or Kug-Baba, or elsewhere as Kubau, is the name of the only queen in the Sumerian king list. "The house of...

Shalmaneser I

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Shalmaneser I, king of Assyria. (1274 BC – 1245 BC or 1263 BC - 1233 BC) Son of Adad-nirari I, he succeeded his father as King in 1263 BC. He ca...
Leonard Woolley

Leonard Woolley

male, deceased (1960)
Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April, 1880-20 February, 1960) was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is...

Mursili I

male
Mursili I (also spelled Murshili) was a king of the Hittites (c.1620 - c.1595 BC), and was the grandson of his predecessor, Hattusili I. While few...
Hugo Winckler

Hugo Winckler

male, deceased (1913)
Hugo Winckler was a German archaeologist and historian who uncovered the capital of the Hittite Empire (Hattusa) at Boğazkale, Turkey. Winckler w...