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...
Esarhaddon

Esarhaddon

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Esarhaddon, was a king of Assyria who reigned 681 BC-669 BC, the youngest son of Sennacherib and the Aramean queen Naqi'a (Zakitu), Sennacherib's...

Ashurbanipal

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Ashurbanipal, Assurbanipal or Sardanapal, in Akkadian "Aššur-bāni-apli", (b. 685 BCE – d. 627 BCE) (reigned 669 – ca. 631 BC or 627 BC), the son of...
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...
Tiglath-Pileser III

Tiglath-Pileser III

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Tiglath-Pileser III was a prominent king of Assyria in the 8th century BC (ruled 745-727 BC) and is widely regarded as the founder of the...

Hoshea

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Hoshea ("salvation") was the last king of Israel and son of Elah. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 732 BC-721 BC, while E. R. Thiele...
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...
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...

Ctesias

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Ctesias of Cnidus (in Caria) (Greek), was a Greek physician and historian, who flourished in the 4th century BC. In early life he was physician to...
Tiglath-Pileser I

Tiglath-Pileser I

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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)....