Assyria
Ashurnasirpal II, Assyrian Empire Builder
Ashurnasirpal II was a very powerful Assyrian king in the early to mid 800s BC (reigned 883BC – 859BC). He
February 25, 2025
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Assyria
Ashurbanipal, Assyrian Lion Hunter
Assyrian King Ashurbanipal, the last great king of Assyria
July 25, 2024
Marduk-apla-iddina II, Babylonian King Who Possibly Allied with King Hezekiah
Marduk-apla-iddina II, a minor Babylonian king, appears briefly in the Bible. He was a sufficiently strong enough leader to rule
November 24, 2022
Assyria
Sennacherib, Assyrian King Who Attacked King Hezekiah in Jerusalem
Sennacherib is the most frequently-referenced Assyiran king in the Bible. He is best known in the Bible for losing 185,000 soldiers
September 13, 2022
Assyria
Sargon II, Last of 3 Assyrian Kings to Wipe Out Kingdom of Israel
Sargon II was the last of three Assyrian kings to attack the Northern Tribes (Kingdom of Israel) 732 – 722
August 25, 2022
Assyria
Shalmaneser V, Assyrian King who Helped Destroy Kingdom of Israel
In this relief, Shalmaneser V, the crown prince, faces his father Tiglath-Pileser III, whose foot rests firmly on an enemy’s
August 10, 2022
Assyria
King Jehu, Kingdom of Israel
In 841BC, the Assyrian king, Shalmaneser III (not mentioned in the Bible) wanted to show off the immense size of
August 3, 2022
Assyria
The Epic of Gilgamesh, a Babylonian Flood Account
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Babylonian myth about a superhuman named Gilgamesh. Noah and the Flood – Genesis
July 12, 2022
Mesopotamia
Oldest Flood Account For Which There Is Archaeological Evidence
The oldest archaeologically-supported account of a flood story.
July 5, 2022