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Hiram I
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King of Tyre (I Kings 9:10-14)
who provided Solomon with craftsman and materials for his building operations |
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Black Stella
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describes the military
accomplishments of Shalmanesser III and pictures Jehu paying tribute and contains the name of Ahab |
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Dynasty XXI
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(Tanite) third intermediate
period, Upper Egypt controlled by the High Priest of Amun at Thebes |
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Orsonkon I
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Gave huge amounts of gold &
silver to Shishak |
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Ashur Nasirpil II
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Established cruelty as a means
for controlling captured peoples |
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Shalmanezer V
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Attacked Samaria, the capitol
of Israel, but died before the conquest could be completed |
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Siamun
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perhaps the pharaoh of I Kings
9:16, who married his daughter to Solomon |
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Ittobaal (Ethbaal)
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Priest of Astarte and father of
Jezebel, who ruled as far north as Beirut and part of Cyprus |
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Shishak
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Leader of the Libyans who
began has rule over Egypt from Tanis, and waged war against Israel under Rehoboam |
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Orsonkon II
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Enmity changes to alliance with
Israel in face of threat of Assyria which was restrained temporarily at battle of Qarqar |
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Shalmaneser III
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Took control of Babylon and then encountered the great Syrian confederation at Qarqar
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Evil Marduk
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Released the imprisoned king of the Neo Babylonian
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Herod Philip II
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Tetrarch of Batanaea,
Trachonitis and Gaulanitis (northern Galilee). Built Caesaria Philippi and rebuilt Bethsaida |
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Cyaxares
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Extended his control over the
Persian Kingdom, which paid tribute to Hi and would have defeated the Assyrians, but had to defend his kingdom from the Scythians. Later joined Nabopolassar to capture Nineveh |
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Cyrus I
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Late 7th century ruler
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Benhadad I
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Made an alliance with Asa of
Judah against Israel |
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Darius the Mede
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Perhaps Gubaru, the govenor
appointed by Cyrus, had Daniel cast into the Lion's den |
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Succesors of Alexander the Great
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Cassander - Macedonia &
Greece, Lysimachus - Thrace & Bethania, Seluchus - Syria, Ptolemy - Egypt & Israel & Arabia |
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Alexander the Great
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Defeated the Persians, Tyre,
Palestine, Egypt (where he founded Alexandria), and invaded India |
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Hazeal
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Having Elisha predict that he
would rule, he smothered Benhadad II to death |
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Benhadad II
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The son of Benhadad I, later
made an alliance with Ahad of Israel |
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Xerxes
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Subdued Egypt, guelled a
rebellion in Babylonia and amassed an army to fight Greece where sucessful at Themopylae, but defeated in the naval battle at Salamis |
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Philip II of Macedon
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Ruler of Macedon who annexed
Greece to his domain between 359-336 B.C. |
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Benhadad III
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The son of Hazeal. Not the same Dynasty as Benhadad I or II
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Necho II
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Defeated Joshiah in the Valley of Megiddo, but was defeated by Nebechadnezzar
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Shishak
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Leader of the Libyans who began his rule over Egypt from Tanis, and waged war against Israel under Rehoboam
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Phoenicia
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a collection of city states in the
costal area of the present region of Syria, Lebannon, and Northern Israel, which became a major sea power |
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Nebuchadnezzar II
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The king of the Babylonian
Empire who captured Jerusalem, destroyed the temple, and carried the people off |
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Darius Hystaspes (the Great)
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Reigned from India to Greece.
Provided money for the rebuilding of the temple. Defeated by Athens at Marathon |
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Psametichus
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Reunited Egypt initially and joined the warring Assyria against the emerging Babylon
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Artaxerxes I
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King ruling during Persia's decline, who allowed Ezra and Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem
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Darius III
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Codomannus - Tried to reunite a splintering empire while trying to withstand the onslaught of Alexander the Great, but was defeated at Gaugamela
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Taharqa
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Opposed three Assyrian kings
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Nabopolassar
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was able to break Chaldea
away from Assyria, and with Cyaxares, king of Media, defeated Nineveh, splitting the Assyrian Empire with the Southern part falling to him |
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Assurbanipal
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Re-concurred Egypt, defeating Elam and brought Manasseh of Judah under his firm control
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Esarhaddon
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Stabilized Babylon government by Marduk, and for a season conquered Egypt
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Fall of Nineveh
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After the Medes initially
attacked the city the final blow came under a joint Medo- Babylonian siege in 612 |
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Sennacherib
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After a revolt in which in
Conquered portions of Meda were lost, he was victorious over Merodach- Baladon of Babylon |
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Sargon II
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completed conquest of Samaria
and his empire stretched from the Persian Gulf to Eilicia and Egypt, but lost Babylon for a time |
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Rezin
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The last king of Damascus, who
was able to restore Damascus' fortunes before final crushing blow from Assyria in 732 B.C. |
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500 B.C.
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Esther
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586 B.C.
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Babylon conquers Southern Kingdom
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931 B.C.
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Kingdom Divided
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1446 B.C.
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Exodus
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Herod Antipas
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Tetrarch of Galilee and Persia,
he was the Herod of Christ's ministry and crucifixion |
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Herod the Great
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After consolidating his
territory he had himself proclaimed king. Among his projects was the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. His cruelty was demonstrated in his killing family members and babies in Jerusalem |
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168 B.C.
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Abomination of Desolation
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536 B.C.
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Babylon Falls to Persia
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722 B.C.
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Assyria conquers Northern Kingdom
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1000 B.C.
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David
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Herod Agrippa I
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Successor to Antipas and was
also given Judea and Samaria by Claudius. Killed James and imprisoned Peter, and smitten himself by terrible diseases. |
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Archelaus
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Ruled Judea, Sameria, and Idumaea but banished by Augustus to Gaul
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63 B.C.
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Roman capture of Judah
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331 B.C.
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Greece conquers Judah
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70 A.D.
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Fall of Jerusalem
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1050 B.C
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Monarchy begins
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2000 B.C.
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Abraham
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Moabite Stone
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describes the military accomplishments of Mesha of Moab and mentions Omri and Ahab
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Ittobaal (Ethbaal)
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Priest of Astarte and father of
Jezebel, who ruled as far north as Beirut and part of Cyprus |
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Sheshonq Inscription
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Hieroglyphic writing describing
the Military accomplishments of Shishak I in Palestine, confirming a raid against Rehoboam and giving a list of cities |
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So
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The Pharaoh that Hoshea relied
upon in II Kings 17:4 in resisting the king of Assyria (Shalmanzssar V) with the consequence that Hoshea was imprisoned |
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Merodach Baladan
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The Chaldean, who was twice ruler over Babylon, greatly strengthened Chaldea into a major power
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Battle of Carchemish
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In spite of help from Pharaoh Nechoof Egypt, the Assyrians were wiped out as a power in 605
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Ashuruballit II
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Ruled what was left of the Assyrian empire, by retreating first to Haran and then to Carchemish
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Apries
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Marched against Nebechadnezzer who had besieged Jerusalem, but retreated in the face of Babylon might
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Orsonkon II
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Enmity changes to alliance with Israel in face of threat of Assyria which was restrained temporarily at battle of Qarqar
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Orsonkon I
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Gave huge amounts of gold and silver to Shishak
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Shalmanezer V
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Attacked Samaria, the capitol of Israel, but died before the conquest could be completed
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Rezon
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Made a kingdom of Syria and became enemy of Solomon
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Tiglath - Pileser III
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Received tribute from Syrian-Palistinian vas-sals and consolidated conquest by deporting cream of population
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Judas the Maccabee
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Recaptured Jerusalem and cleansed the Temple
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Jonathan
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Brother of Judas who became both governor of Judah and High Priest
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Mattathias
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Ignites the Maccabean revolt, by refusing to offer sacrifices at the pagan altar
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John Hyrcanus
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Following death of Antiochus VII to the Parthyans, was able to become independent once again from Syria and annexed Idumaea, forcing the Idumaeas' to become Jewish
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Aristobulus
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First to take the name king
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Simon
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The last of the Sons of Mattathias under whom the concept of a hereditary high priesthood in the Hasonean family was legitimized
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Salome Alexandra
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Reigned after becoming widow of both Aristobulus and Alexander Jannus
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Hyrcdanus II
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Was an ally of the Pharisees
and fought against Aristobulus II and Sadducees, eventually flees to Idumaea, where Antipater persuades him that they should take forces to Jerusalem |
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Alexander Janneus
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Had the conflict with the Pharisees'
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Julius Caesar
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Grabbed absolute power, and eventually formed the first Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus
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Aristobulus II
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Took the throne, but had to defend Jerusalem against Hyanacus II and Antipater
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Tiberius
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Had the army, the senate and
the masses all angry with him. He was the Caesar on the tribute coin and Caesar at the time of Christ's death |
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Galigula
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Mentally unbalanced, he became cruel and was murdered by his officers
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Augustus Caesar (Octavian)
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After the defeat of Antony, he became the sole ruler of Rome and during his reign Jesus was born
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Nero
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Preferred artistic pursuits to ruling and when his mind deteriorated he became ruthless
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Antipater
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An Idumaean who became
instrumental in Rome capturing Jerusalem and was rewarded by being named procurator. He appointed his son Herod over Judea |
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Claudius
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After a successful military campaign into Britain, he become emperor and during his time the famine occurred which was predicted in Acts 11:28
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Nabonidus
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Son-in-law of Evil Marduk, who was the last king of the Neo Babylonian Empire, who was living in Tiema in Western Arabia, when Babylonia fell to the Persians
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Augustus Caesar
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Gauis Julius Caesar Octavianus - Reigned during Rome's greatest glory evidenced by great building projects. Together with Antony and Leopidus formed the Second Triumvirate
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Belshazzar
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The son of Nabonidus and the great-grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, who was acting ruler when Babylon fell
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Astyages
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Last King of Media, who was overthrown by Cyrus II
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Achaemenes
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Early Eponymous ancestor of the Achaemeneians, who perhaps fought against King Sennacherib
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Cambyses I
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Son of Cyrus I who married the daughter of Astyages
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Cyrus II
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Defeated Media and Babylon, he established the Persian Empire. He issued a decree that allowed the Jews to return to Judah.
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Cambyses II
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Added Egypt to the Persian Empire
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