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    of the Jews, xx, 3, 4. Tacitus, Annals Meyer, Eduard (1911). "Vonones s.v. Vonones II." . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed...
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  • Vonones was the name of three kings of the ancient Middle East: Vonones of Sakastan, ruled c. 75–57 BC Vonones I, ruled c. AD 8–12 Vonones II, ruled c...
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    Parthian king Vonones I. Artabanus eventually defeated Vonones I, who fled to Armenia and became its king. Artabanus' efforts to replace Vonones I with his...
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    youngest son, Phraataces. Vonones was the eldest son of Phraates IV. According to the classical Roman historian Tacitus, Vonones was related to the Scythian...
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    Gotarzes II ruled the Parthian Empire until his death. Gotarzes II was succeeded by his uncle Vonones II. Little is known of the early life of Gotarzes II prior...
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    Nebuchadnezzar II (/nɛbjʊkədˈnɛzər/; Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir"; Biblical Hebrew: נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר‎ Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar)...
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    question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Warpalawas II (Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔗬𔖱𔕸𔓊𔗬𔗔‎, romanized: Warpallawas) was a Luwian...
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    Scorpion II (Ancient Egyptian: possibly Selk or Weha), also known as King Scorpion, was a ruler during the Protodynastic Period of Upper Egypt (c. 3200–3000 BCE)...
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    51 to 78. He was the son and successor of Vonones II (r. 51). He was succeeded by his younger son Pacorus II, who continued his policies. Vologases is...
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  • rival to Gotarzes II of Parthia (reigned 40–51), Vonones II of Parthia (reigned 51), Vologases I of Parthia (reigned 51–78) and Vardanes II of Parthia (reigned...
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  • Atropatene in the mid 1st-century. Pacorus was a son of Vonones II (r. 51). When Vonones II died in 51, his son Vologases I became the new Parthian king...
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    Iranian customs and offices into it. Tiridates was the youngest son of Vonones II, who was king of Media Atropatene, and then later the Parthian Empire...
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    reading of an inscription by Agum II indicates that Abi-Rattash was an ancestor of Agum II's father Urzigurumash. As Agum II explicitly refers to Urzigurumash...
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  • allow his family to live free in the capital for a short period of time. Vonones II dies a few months after he had ascended to the throne. His son Vologases...
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    Cleopatra II, then Cleopatra III; temporarily expelled from Alexandria by Cleopatra II from 131 to 127 BC, then reconciled with her in 124 BC. Cleopatra II Philometor...
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    Marduk-apla-iddina II (Akkadian: DMES.A.SUM-na; in the Bible Merodach-Baladan or Berodach-Baladan, lit. Marduk has given me an heir) was a Chaldean leader...
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    Roman Egypt (redirect from Aegyptus II)
    during the retirement of Justinian's successor Justin II (r. 565–574) and the start of Tiberius II Constantine's reign (r. 574–582), the defences at Philae...
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  • Vonones I c. 8–12 Artabanus (IV) or Artabanus II c. 10–38 Tiridates III c. 35–36 Cinnamus c. 37 Gotarzes II c. 40–51 Vardanes I c. 40–47 Vonones II c...
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    1279 BC. He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II. The name 'Seti' means "of Set", which indicates that he was consecrated to...
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    ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY OF CENTRAL ASIA Materials of the II International conference (Ulan-Ude, 4–6th December, 2017). Ulan-Ude The Buryat...
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    punished by the "gods", who represent it. In the years following World War II, Gilgamesh, formerly an obscure figure known only by a few scholars, gradually...
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    character, have claimed instead that the child was an ancestor of Nebuchadnezzar II, who destroyed Solomon's temple some 300 years later. Jewish scribes say that...
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    spearman (doryphoros) in the Egyptian campaign (528–525 BCE) of Cambyses II, then the Persian Great King; this is often interpreted to mean he was the...
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    to the invidious portrayal of Babylon and its greatest king Nebuchadnezzar II in the Bible. The biblical description of Nebuchadnezzar focuses on his military...
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  • century BC there was new construction in Ur under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. The last Babylonian king, Nabonidus, improved the ziggurat. However...
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    refer to Arsaces II as Artabanus, and does not recognise Assar's Artabanus III, he numbers the three later kings by this name as Artabanus II (r.  AD 10–38)...
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    Tiridates I of Armenia, during the reign of Nero. (Tiridates was the son of Vonones II of Parthia, and his coronation by Nero in 66 CE confirmed the end of a...
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    dynastic battle between Tushratta and his brother Artatama II and after this his son Shuttarna II, who called himself king of the Hurri while seeking support...
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    Vonones I Artabanus II Tiridates III Artabanus II Vardanes I Gotarzes II Meherdates Vonones II Vologases I Vardanes II Pacorus II Vologases II Artabanus III...
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    the Diyala Region of Iraq. The ED was divided into the sub-periods ED I, II, and III. This was primarily based on complete changes over time in the plan...
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