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    alternatively translated as King of the Four Quarters of the World, King of the Heaven's Four Corners or King of the Four Corners of the Universe and often shortened...
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    systems portray four corners of the world or four quarters of the world corresponding approximately to the four points of the compass (or the two solstices...
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    the titles of King of the Universe and King of the Four Corners of the World, with near identical meanings, differed in that King of the Universe referred...
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  • Ur (redirect from Second Dynasty of Ur)
    recorded king being King Tuttues. The city's patron deity was Nanna (in Akkadian, Sin), the Sumerian and Akkadian moon god, and the name of the city is in origin...
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    Shulgi (redirect from Shulgi of ur)
    "King of Ur", "King of Sumer and Akkad", adding "King of the four corners of the universe" in the second half of his reign. He used the symbol for divinity...
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    "king of Sumer and Akkad", "king of the Universe" and "king of the Four Corners of the World", were added, often to assert their control over all of Mesopotamia...
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    were The Great King, King of Persia, King of Anshan, King of Media, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, and King of the Four Corners of the World...
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    Akkadian royal titulary (category Kings of Akkad)
    titles, like the Akkadian šar kibrāt erbetti ("king of the Four Corners of the World") and šar kiššatim ("king of the Universe") and the Neo-Sumerian...
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    king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters of the world, son of Cambyses, the great king, king of the city of Anshan, grandson of Cyrus, the great...
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    in the Corner, or King's Corners is a multi-player patience or solitaire-style card game for two to four players using a standard 52-card pack, the aim...
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  • Thumbnail for King of Sumer and Akkad
    the creation of titles like King of Sumer, King of Sumer and Akkad and more boastful honoraries like King of the Four Corners of the World and King of...
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    The Annals, 11.10 See: Unknown King (III) (c. AD 140) See: Tiridates III (c. AD 224 – 228?) In Persian it means "King of Kings" "The great king of Armenians"...
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    prefect of Enlil, priest of Ashur, elect of Anu and Enlil, the mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, king of the four corners of the world...
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    claiming world domination, the others being šar kibrāt erbetti (King of the Four Corners of the World) and šar kiššatim (King of the Universe). Unlike these...
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    The king of Akkad (Akkadian: šar māt Akkadi, lit. 'king of the land of Akkad') was the ruler of the city of Akkad and its empire, in ancient Mesopotamia...
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    Shamshi-Adad V (category Year of birth unknown)
    was the King of Assyria from 824 to 811 BC. He was named after the god Adad, who is also known as Hadad. Shamshi-Adad was a son and successor of King Shalmaneser...
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    Uruk, and Ur. The Third Dynasty of Ur arose some time after the fall of the Akkad Dynasty. The period between the last powerful king of the Akkad Dynasty...
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    “Naram-Sin, the mighty God of Agade, king of the four corners of the world, Lugal-ushumgal, the scribe, ensi of Lagash, is thy servant.” — Seal of Lugal-ushumgal...
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    Tukulti-Ninurta II (category Kings of the Universe)
    (meaning: "my trust is in [the warrior god] Ninurta") was King of Assyria from 890 BCE to 884 BCE. He was the second king of the Neo Assyrian Empire. His...
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    of Lagash and at the time a vassal (𒀵, arad, "servant" or "slave") of Naram-Sin. Naram-Sin, the mighty God of Agade, king of the four corners of the...
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    “suggest that the king was at the center of the world and the sun and moon revolved around him. In effect, he was theking of the four corners of the world,"...
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    from all corners of their empire, they did not just produce a combination of styles, but a synthesis of a new unique Persian style. One of the most remarkable...
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    Shalmaneser III (Šulmānu-ašarēdu, "the god Shulmanu is pre-eminent") was king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Ashurnasirpal II in...
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    Sennacherib, the great king, the mighty king, king of the Universe, king of Assyria, king of the Four Corners of the World; favorite of the great gods; the wise...
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  • Adad-nirari II (category Kings of the Universe)
    "Adad (the storm god) is my help") reigned from 911 BCE to 891 BCE. He was the first King of Assyria in the Neo-Assyrian empire. He instigated the first...
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    effect he was the "king of the four corners of the world", which was an old Mesopotamian idea. The king saw all other rulers, such as the Romans, Turks...
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  • Four Corners, also known as Les Quatre Coins, Cornerstones, or Corner Patience, is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing cards...
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    more commonly known as Tigranes the Great (Tigran Mets in Armenian; 140–55 BC), was a king of Armenia. A member of the Artaxiad dynasty, he ruled from...
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  • defeating the Neo-Babylonian Empire, Cyrus the Great proclaimed himself "king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four corners of the world"...
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    universe, king of Assyria, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four corners of the world; who is attentive to the lifting of the eyes of Enlil, the king who...
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