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Shalmaneser IV
Shalmaneser IV (Šulmānu-ašarēdu IV) was king of Assyria from 783 to 773 BC, son of Adad-nirari III, whose power was checked by the commander-in-chief Shamshi-ilu.
Shalmaneser V
Shalmaneser V (Hebrew שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֫סֶר, Akkadian Šulmānu-ašarēdu) was king of Assyria and Babylon from 727 to 722 BC, the son of Tiglath-pileser III, remembered for the siege of Samaria.
Shalmaneser V's siege of Tyre
Shalmaneser V's siege of Tyre, also called the Assyrian siege of Tyre, was a five-year blockade in which Assyria cut the island city's fresh water rather than storm it.
Shamash-hazir
Shamash-hazir (Šamaš-ḫāzir), son of Kimannum, was the manager of Hammurabi's royal domain at Larsa in the 18th century BC, known from an archive of 313 tablets.
Shamash-ibni
Shamash-ibni (Šamaš-ibnī) was the Chaldean sheikh, or tribal leader, of Bit-Dakkuri in southern Babylonia, imprisoned and replaced by the Assyrians in 678 BC under Esarhaddon.
Shamash-mudammiq
Shamash-mudammiq, whose name means "Shamash shows favor," was the fourth Babylonian king of the Dynasty of E, overthrown by the Assyrian king Adad-nirari II around 900 BC.
Shamash-shum-ukin
Shamash-shum-ukin (Šamaš-šuma-ukīn) was king of Babylon from 667 or 668 to 648 BC, a son of Esarhaddon and probably the elder brother of Ashurbanipal, who rebelled against him and died when Babylon fell in 648.
Shamash-shum-ukin's revolt
Shamash-shum-ukin's revolt was a civil war from 652 to 648 BCE between Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, king of Babylonia, and his brother Assurbanipal of Assyria, ending with the fall of Babylon and the rebel king's death.
Shammar Yuhar'ish
Shammar Yuhar'ish, also vocalized Shammar Yahri'sh (Arabic: شمر يهرعش), was a king of the Yemeni kingdom of Himyar around 300 CE, credited with completing the unification of ancient South Arabia.
Shammar Yuhar'ish's expedition to Central Arabia
Shammar Yuhar'ish's expedition to Central Arabia refers to the northern reach of the Himyarite king Shammar Yuhar'ish (شمر يهرعش), who reigned from about 286 to 311 CE.
Shamshi-Adad II
Shamshi-Adad II (Šamši-Adad II) was a king of Assyria around 1600 BC, the 57th ruler in the Assyrian King List, with a reign of 6 years.
Shamshi-Adad III
Shamshi-Adad III (Šamši-Adad III) was a king of Assyria, entry 59 of the Assyrian King List, which credits him with a 16-year reign and a royal genealogy.
Shamshi-Adad IV
Shamshi-Adad IV (Šamši-Adad IV) was a king of Assyria who reigned from 1053 to 1050 BC, having seized the throne from his nephew Eriba-Adad II.
Shamshi-Adad V
Shamshi-Adad V (Šamši-Adad V) was king of Assyria from 823 to 811 BC, a son of Shalmaneser III who won a long civil war against his brother Ashur-danin-pal.
Shamshi-ilu
Shamshi-ilu (Šamšī-ilu) was commander-in-chief of the Assyrian army from about 796 to 752 BC, boasting victories over Urartu in inscriptions that often omitted the king's name.
Shanakdakhete
Shanakdakhete, also spelled Shanakdakheto, was a ruling queen of the Meroitic kingdom of Kush in what is now Sudan, traditionally the first woman to rule Kush in her own right, dated to about 170–150 BC.
Shanipu
Shanipu, also rendered Sanipu, was king of Ammon, a kingdom on the Transjordanian plateau east of the Jordan River, who paid tribute to the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III in 734 BC.
Shaphan
Shaphan (Hebrew שפן) was the royal scribe of Judah under King Josiah in the late 7th century BC, who reported the law book found in the Temple.
Shapili
Shapili, also rendered Šapili, was a 13th-century BC king of Amurru, a Hittite vassal kingdom in western Syria, installed by Muwatalli II after Benteshina's rebellion and later removed when Benteshina was restored.
Shaqilath
Shaqilath, also spelled Shaqilat, was a queen of the Nabataeans who married King Aretas IV around 16/17 AD and co-issued coins with him at Petra.
Shaqilath II
Shaqilath II, also spelled Shuqilat, was a queen of the Nabataeans, wife of King Malichus II and regent for her infant son Rabbel II between AD 70/71 and 75/76.
Shar-Kali-Sharri's campaign against the Gutians
Shar-Kali-Sharri's campaign against the Gutians was an Akkadian military expedition against the Zagros highlanders, recorded in year names claiming the capture of their king Sharlak ca. 2217–2193 BC.
Sharahbi'il Yakkuf
Sharahbi'il Yakkuf was a king of the Himyarite kingdom in southern Arabia who reigned in the second half of the fifth century AD, ruling the united kingdom of Saba' and Himyar from Ẓafār.
Sharhabil Ya'fur
Sharhabil Ya'fur (Šaraḥbiʾil Yaʿfur) was a Ḥimyarite king of Sabaʾ, dhu-Raydan, Ḥaḍramawt, and Yamanat in Yemen, son of Abkarib As'ad, attested by a dated inscription of Ḥimyarite year 572.
Sharma-Adad I
Sharma-Adad I, also written Šarma-Adad I, was an early second-millennium king of Assyria, entry 50 of the Assyrian King List, with a recorded reign of 12 years.
Sharri-Kusuh
Sharri-Kusuh, also known as Piyaššili, was the first Hittite viceroy king of Carchemish in northern Syria, appointed by his father, the Hittite great king Šuppiluliuma I, in the 14th century BC.
Sharru-emuranni
Sharru-emuranni (Šarru-ēmuranni) was an Assyrian governor of the province of Zamua under King Sargon II in the late eighth century BC, and the year-eponym of 712 BC.
Sharru-lu-dari
Sharru-lu-dari, also known as Šarru-lū-dāri, meaning "May the king be everlasting", was a king of Ashkelon, son of Rukibtu, installed by Sennacherib after the Assyrian campaign of 701 BC.
Sharrum-iter
Sharrum-iter, also spelled Šarrum-iter, is the sixth and last king of Mari in the Sumerian King List, an ancient Mesopotamian composition, with a reign of 9 years.
Shasha (queen of Lagash)
Shasha (Šaša) was a queen of Lagash in the mid-24th century BC, wife of the last ruler Urukagina and head of the estate E2-MI2 at Girsu.