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    Osroes II (also spelled Chosroes II or Khosrow II; Parthian: 𐭇𐭅𐭎𐭓𐭅 Husrōw), was a claimant of the throne of the Parthian Empire c. 190. He is unknown...
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    In 116, Osroes I was briefly ousted from his throne at Ctesiphon during an invasion by Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98–117), who installed Osroes' son, Parthamaspates...
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    the Armenian throne as Vologases II (r. 180–191). The end of Vologases IV's reign was marred by the revolt of Osroes II in 190, who minted coins of himself...
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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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  • Khosrow (redirect from Osroes)
    of the Ghaznavid Empire, 1160–1186 Osroes I, c. 109–129 Osroes II, c. 190 Khosrov I of Armenia, 198–217 Khosrov II of Armenia, c. 252 Khosrov III the...
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    of his paternal grandfather Khosrov I, and the Parthian monarchs Osroes I and Osroes II, who were also known as Khosrau. In Armenian sources, Khosrov is...
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    Scorpion II (Ancient Egyptian: possibly Selk or Weha; fl. c. 3170 BC) also known as King Scorpion, was a ruler during the Protodynastic Period of Upper...
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  • plundered by the forces of Dong Zhuo. The court is moved to Chang'an. Osroes II, controlling Media, claims the throne of the Parthian Empire. King Vologases...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    contender, Osroes I, appeared in 109. The following year, Pacorus was succeeded by his son Vologases III, who continued his father's struggle with Osroes I over...
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    Parthian Empire originated. Antiochus II's son Seleucus II Callinicus came to the throne around 246 BC. Seleucus II was soon dramatically defeated in the...
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    Dynastic II period: c. 2800 – c. 2600 BC Uruk I dynasty (Gilgamesh) Early Dynastic IIIa period: c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC Ur I dynasty Awan dynasty Kish II dynasty...
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    When Osroes was deposed by the invading Emperor Trajan in 116 in favor of the puppet ruler Parthamaspates, Sanatruces and his father, Osroes' brother...
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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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    Vologases III, who continued his father's struggle with Osroes I over the Parthian crown. Osroes I managed to seize the western part of the empire, including...
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    kings via marriage, possibly having married a daughter of Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605–562 BC). Nabonidus's mother, Adad-guppi, was of Assyrian ancestry...
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    renewed when Osroes I of Parthia (r. c. 109–128 AD) deposed the Armenian king Sanatruk and replaced him with Axidares, son of Pacorus II, without consulting...
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    Andrew M. Smith II (2013). Roman Palmyra: Identity, Community, and State Formation. Oup USA. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-19-986110-1. Andrew M. Smith II (2013). Roman...
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    (many in what is now Northern Sudan) since the Middle Kingdom. After Sargon II and Sennacherib defeated attempts by the Nubian kings to gain a foothold in...
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  • 51–78 Vardanes II c. 55–58 Vologases II c. 77–80 Pacorus II c. 78–115 Artabanus (V) or Artabanus III c. 80–90 Vologases III c. 105–147 Osroes I c. 109–129...
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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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    Gotarzes II Meherdates Vonones II Vologases I Vardanes II Pacorus II Vologases II Artabanus III Osroes I 30 BCE–116 CE Roman Empire (Roman conquest of Egypt)...
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    Shapur II with the nomadic hordes from Central Asia called the "Chionites" were described by Ammianus Marcellinus: he reports that in 356 CE, Shapur II was...
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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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    Archived from the original on 2017-07-27. Commentary on II Samuel 22, The Anchor Bible, Vol. 9. II Samuel. P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., 1984. New York: Doubleday...
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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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