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    Agum II (also known as Agum Kakrime) was possibly a Kassite ruler who may have become the 8th or more likely the 9th king of the third Babylonian dynasty...
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  • Early Kassite rulers (redirect from Agum I)
    of Isin. The Agum-Kakrime Inscription names Agum ra-bi-i, Kaštiliašu, Abi-Rattaš, and Ur-šigurumaš as ancestors of Agum-Kakrime (Agum II), each son of...
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  • in later copies records the return of Marduk’s statue from Hana by Agum II (Agum-Kakrime), a later Kassite king, most probably the first to rule over...
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    as the same god. According to the Marduk prophecy and inscriptions of Agum II, the statue of Marduk and Zarpanitum were removed from Babylon by Mursili...
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    Babylonian royal list, Agum II would have taken over Babylon after the city was sacked by the Hittites. According to the same source, Agum II would have been...
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    reading of an inscription by Agum II indicates that Abi-Rattash was an ancestor of Agum II's father Urzigurumash. As Agum II explicitly refers to Urzigurumash...
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    Nebuchadnezzar II, also Nebuchadrezzar II, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir", was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death...
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    sacking of the city, and it is likely the Kassites moved in soon afterwards. Agum II took the throne for the Kassites in 1595 BC, and ruled a state that extended...
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  • period: Kassite dynasty, Third Dynasty of Babylon (complete list) – Agum II or Agum-Kakrime, King (c.1507 BC) Burnaburiash I, King (c.1500 BC), treaty...
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  • Agum III was a Kassite king of Babylon ca. mid-15th century BC. Speculatively, he might figure around the 13th position in the dynastic sequence; however...
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    king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20 and spent most of his ruling years...
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  • and confirms his genealogy as the son of Burnaburiaš I, and grandson of Agum II. It describes his ritual use of a silver spade and basket, which were subsequently...
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  • period: Kassite dynasty, Third Dynasty of Babylon (complete list) – Agum II or Agum-Kakrime, King (c.1500 BC) Burnaburiash I, King (c.1500 BC), treaty...
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  • name-sake, Burna-Buriaš II. The Synchronistic Kinglist names one Burna-Buriyåš as the 10th Kassite ruler and a contemporary of Išme-Dagan II, who is separated...
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    them were the tutelary deities of the Kassite dynasty of Babylon. King Agum II referred to himself as "pure seed of Šuqamuna" in one inscription. It has...
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    Scorpion II (Ancient Egyptian: possibly Selk or Weha), also known as King Scorpion, was a ruler during the Protodynastic Period of Upper Egypt (c.3200–3000 BCE)...
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    Diyala region which had been claimed by the Kassites since the time of Agum II. The object was recovered during the French excavations at Susa at the...
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    particular the reigns of Kadashman-Enlil I (1375–1360 BC) and Burnaburiash II (1359–1333 BC). The tablets outlined politically advantageous marriages and...
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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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    is typically subdivided into three: 2900–2750 BC (ED I), 2750–2600 BC (ED II) and 2600–2350 BC (ED III), and was followed by Akkadian (~2350–2100 BC) and...
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  • Egypt. c. 1550 BCE The New Kingdom of Egypt is established. c. 1534 BCE Agum II establishes the rule of the Kassites in Mesopotamia. Babylon becomes the...
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    question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Warpalawas II (Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔗬𔖱𔕸𔓊𔗬𔗔‎, romanized: Warpallawas) was a Luwian...
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  • although only the first five and part of the sixth are legible. These are Agum IGI ašu, Kaštil[...]šu, Abirataš, Kaštilyašu, Tazzigurumaš, and Harba[.....
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  • Gerzeh culture (redirect from Naqada II)
    The Gerzeh culture, also called Naqada II, refers to the archaeological stage at Gerzeh (also Girza or Jirzah), a prehistoric Egyptian cemetery located...
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    Sargon of Akkad and ends, where the tablet is broken away, with the reign of Agum III, c. 1500 BC. A third tablet, named Fragment B: 192  or CM 41, deals with...
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    the Phoenician alphabet characters in this article correctly. Eshmunazar II ([æʃmuːn ʔɑːzər] ; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤏𐤆𐤓, ʾšmnʿzr, lit. 'Eshmun helps')...
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    including Marduk, were carried off to the Kingdom of Khana but the source Agum-Kakrime Inscription is now generally considered a much later forgery. Thereafter...
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    Susa (redirect from Susa II)
    the granaries, Susa II, Louvre. Priest-King with bow and arrows, Susa II, Louvre. Prisoners, Susa II, Louvre. Orant statuette, Susa II, Louvre. Susa III...
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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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    of ancient Assyrian history. Beginning with the accession of Adad-nirari II in 911 BC, the Neo-Assyrian Empire grew to dominate the ancient Near East...
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