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