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...
Cyrus The Great

Cyrus The Great

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Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. As...
Herodotus

Herodotus

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Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: "Hērodotos Halikarnāsseus") was a Greek historian from Ionia who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BC-ca. 425 BC...
Cyaxares

Cyaxares

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Cyaxares, Hvakhshathra, or Kayxosrew was the most capable king of Media (Iran). He reorganized and modernized the Median Army, then joined with...
Nabonidus

Nabonidus

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Nabonidus was the last King of Babylon, who ruled the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 556 BC to 539 BC. His reign was characterized by his lack of...
Nabopolassar

Nabopolassar

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Nabopolassar was the first king (625-605 BC) of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.<sup&gt;1</sup>; He rose into revolt against the Assyrian Empire (which had...

Phraortes

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Phraortes or Fravartish, son of Deioces, was the second king of the Media and the founder of Median government. Like his father, Fravartish started...

Alexander

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Alexander, brother of Molon. On the accession of the Seleucid king Antiochus III, afterwards called the Great, in 223 BC, he entrusted Alexander...

Harpagus

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Harpagus (also known as Harpagos or Hypargus), (Akkadian: Arbaku, Arbaces), was a Median general from the 6th Century BCE credited by Herodotus as...
Perdiccas

Perdiccas

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Perdiccas was one of Alexander the Great's generals. After Alexander's death in 323 BC he became regent of all Alexander's empire. He was son of...