Seleucus I Nicator (/sɪˈluːkəs/; Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, Séleukos Nikátōr, lit. 'Seleucus the Victorious'; c. 358 BC – 281 BC) was a Macedonian Greek...
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Darius the Great (redirect from King Darius I of Persia)
Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; Greek: Δαρεῖος Dareios; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler...
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Nebuchadnezzar I (/nɛbjʊkədˈnɛzər/), reigned c. 1121–1100 BC, was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon. He ruled...
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Ahmose I (Amosis, Aahmes; meaning "Iah (the Moon) is born") was a pharaoh and founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt in the New Kingdom of Egypt,...
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Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290...
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marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Wahibre Psamtik I (Ancient Egyptian: Wꜣḥ-jb-Rꜥ Psmṯk) was the first pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth...
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right thigh and throws it in Ishtar's face, saying, "If I could lay my hands on you, it is this I should do to you, and lash your entrails to your side...
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Susa (section Susa I period (4200–3800 BC))
1163/9789004293915_004, ISBN 9789004293915 Marest-Caffey, Laure (2016). "Seleukos I's Victory Coinage of Susa Revisited: A Die Study and Commentary". American...
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Achaemenid Empire (redirect from Teispes (I))
genealogy of the Achaemenids) the kings of Anshan were Teispes, Cyrus I, Cambyses I and Cyrus II, also known as Cyrus the Great, who founded the empire...
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Antiochus I Soter (Greek: Ἀντίοχος Σωτήρ, Antíochos Sōtér; "Antiochus the Savior"; c. 324/3 – 2 June 261 BC) was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire....
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Imagery as a Multicultural Expression of Royal and Divine Power Under Seleukos I Nikator". In Iossif, Panagiotis P.; Chankowski, Andrzej S.; Lorber, Catharine...
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Sumerians. Reliable historical records begin with Enmebaragesi (Early Dynastic I). The Sumerians progressively lost control to Semitic states from the northwest...
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Mitanni (section Parattarna I / Barattarna)
well before the time of Thutmose I, dating actually to the time of the Hittite sovereigns Hattusili I and Mursili I. Hurrians are mentioned in the private...
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Kushan Empire (section Kanishka I (c. 127 – c. 150))
Sakas, who moved further south. Archaeological structures are known in Takht-i Sangin, Surkh Kotal (a monumental temple), and in the palace of Khalchayan...
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Jemdet Nasr period (3100–2900 BC): the 9 km city wall is built Uruk II Uruk I Anu/ White Temple ziggurat Unlike the Eanna district, the Anu district consists...
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identified as Archytas of Tarentum but now considered to be Pythagoras Seleukos I Nikator, unknown locale within the villa So-called Young Commander found...
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of Judea during the Iron I and Iron II periods has little room for historicizing readings of the stories of I-II Samuel and I Kings. Redford 1992, pp. 301–302:...
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several important powers among Assyria ruled by Shamshi-Adad I and Larsa ruled by Rim-Sin I. The accomplishments of the first known king of the Dynasty...
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speculation. In one of his inscriptions, Nabonidus states the following: I am Nabonidus, the only son, who has nobody. In my mind there was no thought...
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the efforts of the kings Adad-nirari I (r. c. 1305–1274 BC), Shalmaneser I (r. c. 1273–1244 BC) and Tukulti-Ninurta I (r. c. 1243–1207 BC), under whom Assyria...
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Dynasty of Ur. West is at top, north at right. Gold helmet of King of Ur I Meskalamdug, c. 2600–2500 BC Mesopotamian female deity seated on a chair,...
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Possibly named after his grandfather of the same name, or after Nebuchadnezzar I (r. c. 1125–1104 BC), one of Babylon's greatest ancient warrior-kings, Nebuchadnezzar...
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statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. Yet for the sake of David your father I will not...
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Tiglath-Pileser I (/ˈtɪɡləθ paɪˈliːzər, -ˌlæθ, pɪ-/; from the Hebraic form of Middle Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆪𒋾𒀀𒂍𒈗𒊏, romanized: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra,...
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Chronology, I. Egypt to the end of the Twentieth Dynasty", in Edwards, I.E.S.; Gadd, C.J. (eds.), The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume I, Part I, Cambridge{{citation}}:...
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mongolovedenii︠a︡, buddologii i tibetologii (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk. Sibirskoe otdelenie), eds. (2017). Aktualʹnye voprosy arkheologii i ėtnologii T︠S︡entralʹnoĭ...
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(e.g. Kish I, Uruk IV, Ur III) is not present in the original text. It should also be noted that the modern usage of the term dynasty, i.e. a sequence...
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Ptolemaioi), also known as the Lagid dynasty (Λαγίδαι, Lagidai; after Ptolemy I's father, Lagus), was a Macedonian Greek royal house which ruled the Ptolemaic...
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"The black-headed peoples I ruled, I governed; mighty mountains with axes of bronze I destroyed. I ascended the upper mountains; I burst through the lower...
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Ahmose I, Amenhotep I, Thutmose I, Thutmose II, Ramesses I, Seti I, Ramesses II and Ramesses IX, as well as the 21st Dynasty pharaohs Pinedjem I, Pinedjem...
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