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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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Sargon II (redirect from Sargon II of Assyria)
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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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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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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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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Akkadian Empire (redirect from Arrival of the Semites to Babylonia and Assyria)
“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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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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“suggest that the king was at the center of the world and the sun and moon revolved around him. In effect, he was the “king of the four corners of the world,"...
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Sasanian Empire (redirect from Battles of the Sassanid empire)
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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Neo-Assyrian Empire (redirect from Rise of Neo-Assyria)
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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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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Shalmaneser III (redirect from Campaigns of Shalmaneser III)
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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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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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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Tukulti-Ninurta I (category Year of birth unknown)
[the warrior god] Ninurta"; reigned c. 1243–1207 BC) was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian Empire. He is known as the first king to use the...
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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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Achaemenid Empire (redirect from Timeline of the Achaemenid Empire)
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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Sennacherib (redirect from King Sennacherib)
assumed the traditional Mesopotamian titles that designated rule of the entire world; "king of the universe" and "king of the four corners of the world"...
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World domination (redirect from Domination of the world)
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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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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