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Sumu-Epuh
Sumu-Epuh, also written Sumu-epeh, was the founding king of the Hambe dynasty of Yamhad, the Amorite kingdom centered on Aleppo, reigning from about 1810 to 1780 BC and succeeded by his son Yarim-Lim I.
Sumu-la-El
Sumu-la-El, also written Sumu-la-ilu, was a king of Babylon who reigned about 1880 to 1845 BCE and is considered the founder of the First Dynasty of Babylon.
Sumu-Yaman
Sumu-Yaman, also written Sumu-Yamam, was an early-eighteenth-century-BC ruler of Mari, attested by two year formulas and an inscription calling him Yahdun-Lim's parricide son, killed by his own servants.
Sumuel
Sumuel, also written Sumu-El, was the seventh king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, reigning 29 years from 1894 to 1866 BC; his year names record campaigns against Uruk, Kish, and Kazallu.
Sumuhu'ali Yanuf III
Sumuhu'ali Yanuf III was a mukarrib of Saba in ancient South Arabia, son and co-regent of the mukarrib Karib'il Watar, ruling in the 7th century BC.
Sumuroy Revolt
The Sumuroy Revolt (Pag-aalsang Sumuroy) was a 1649 uprising against Spanish forced labor that began in Palapag, Samar, led by Agustin Sumuroy and spread across the Visayas.
Sumuyafa' Ashwa
Sumuyafa' Ashwa (Greek Esimiphaios) was a Christian Himyarite client king of Himyar, installed by Aksum's King Kaleb after defeating Dhu Nuwas and deposed by Abraha around 535.
Sumy
Sumy (Суми), city in northeastern Ukraine, capital of Sumy Oblast on the Psel River; founded 1652/1655 by Kondratiev's settlers, former Cossack regiment center, sugar-industry hub, Hero City (2025), heavily attacked since 2022.
Sumyafa Ashwa
Sumyafa Ashwa (Greek Esimiphaios) was a Christian Himyarite client king installed on the throne of Himyar by Kaleb of Aksum around 525, later deposed by his commander Abraha.
Sun
The Sun, also known as Star Sol, is the G2 yellow dwarf star at the center of the Solar System, about 4.57 billion years old.
Sun & Moon (music)
"Sun & Moon" is a 2011 vocal trance single by Above & Beyond featuring Richard Bedford, known as one of the defining vocal trance songs of the 2010s.
Sun and Immortal Birds Gold Ornament
The Sun and Immortal Birds Gold Ornament (太阳神鸟金饰) is a circular gold-foil ornament from the ancient Shu culture, unearthed in 2001 at the Jinsha Site in Chengdu, Sichuan.
Sun and Steel
Sun and Steel is an autobiographical essay by Yukio Mishima, serialized from 1965 and published as a book in 1968, that explores words, the body, and death.
Sun Baoqi
Sun Baoqi (孙宝琦, 1867–1931) was a Qing and early Republican Chinese diplomat who served as envoy to Germany and governor of Shandong, declaring its independence in 1911.
Sun bear
Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus), the world's smallest bear, native to Southeast Asian forests from Myanmar to Sumatra and Borneo. Vulnerable IUCN status, chest crescent, honey and termite diet, threatened by deforestation and poaching for bile and paws.
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is the US region below roughly the 37th parallel, from the Southeast through Texas, the Southwest, and southern California, defined by postwar migration, defense-driven growth, and conservative political power, in contrast to the Frostbelt or Rust Belt.
Sun Belt Conference
Sun Belt Conference (SBC), NCAA Division I FBS athletic conference founded 1976 in New Orleans; 14 members in East and West divisions; began FBS football in 2001; ESPN deal through 2030-31; Louisiana Tech joined 2026, James Madison departing.
Sun Ben
Sun Ben (孙贲), courtesy name Boyang, was a military officer of the late Eastern Han who served his uncle Sun Jian and cousin Sun Ce.
Sun Bin
Sun Bin (孙膑) was a Warring States military strategist who served Qi as strategist to general Tian Ji, defeating Wei at the battles of Guiling and Maling.
Sun Bin's Art of War
Sun Bin's Art of War (孙膑兵法) is a Warring States Chinese military treatise attributed to the Qi strategist Sun Bin, lost for centuries and rediscovered in 1972.
Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas): annual college football bowl game, first held January 1, 1935, tied for second-oldest bowl after the Rose Bowl; ACC vs Pac-12 legacy tie-ins, played at UTEP's Sun Bowl Stadium, operated by the Sun Bowl Association.
Sun Bowl (stadium)
Sun Bowl Stadium is a college football stadium in El Paso, Texas, opened in 1963, home of the UTEP Miners and the annual Sun Bowl game.
Sun Ce
Sun Ce (孙策) was a Chinese warlord of the Eastern Han dynasty who conquered the Jiangdong region and, dying in 200, passed his domain to his brother Sun Quan.
Sun Chaser
Sun Chaser is a Philippine animated web series by Bernard Badion and Bobby Pontillas about teen Jordan Santos becoming the Spirit Guardian; pilot on YouTube June 2026, Annecy Animation du Monde 2025 winner.
Sun Chen
Sun Chen (孫綝), courtesy name Zitong, was an Eastern Wu strongman of the Three Kingdoms period who deposed emperor Sun Liang and was executed by Sun Xiu.
Sun Cheng
Sun Cheng (孙程) was an Eastern Han eunuch who led the palace coup that destroyed the Yan faction and enthroned Emperor Shun in 125, becoming the first of nineteen enfeoffed marquises.
Sun Cheng's coup
Sun Cheng's coup (孙程政变) was a palace coup in which the eunuch Sun Cheng and fellow eunuchs killed the favorites of the dead Emperor An and enthroned Emperor Shun.
Sun Chengzong
Sun Chengzong (孙承宗) was a Ming dynasty Grand Secretary and general who spent four years rebuilding the defenses beyond Shanhaiguan and died resisting the Qing at Gaoyang in 1638.
Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian
Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian is a 1942 book telling the life story of the Hopi chief Don C. Talayesva, edited by Yale anthropologist Leo W. Simmons.
Sun Chuanfang
Sun Chuanfang (孙传芳), courtesy name Xinyuan, was a Zhili-clique warlord of the Beiyang government who commanded a five-province alliance until Shi Jianqiao shot him dead in Tianjin in 1935.