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Buyuwawa
Buyuwawa was a Libyan tribal leader remembered as head of the family line of Great Chiefs of the Ma that produced Shoshenq I, founder of Egypt's Twenty-second Dynasty.
Buzazu
Buzazu was an Old Assyrian merchant at Kanesh around 1870 BCE, son of Pushu-ken, known for a letter proposing to smuggle tin past the customs officers.
Byblian royal inscriptions
The Byblian royal inscriptions, also known as the Royal Byblian inscriptions, are five early Phoenician inscriptions from Byblos, Lebanon, naming six kings and conventionally dated to the 10th century BC.
Byblos altar inscription
The Byblos altar inscription (KAI 12) is a short Phoenician dedication on a small stone altar found at Byblos, Lebanon, in 1923 during Pierre Montet's excavations.
Byblos bronze spatulas
The Byblos bronze spatulas are triangular bronze objects from Byblos, Lebanon, one bearing KAI 3, among the earliest known Phoenician inscriptions, dated about 1000–975 BCE.
Byblos clay cone inscriptions
The Byblos clay cone inscriptions are two short Phoenician inscriptions on clay objects from ancient Byblos, labeled A and B and dated to the 11th century BCE.
Byblos expedition of Sneferu
The Byblos expedition of Sneferu was a seaborne trading venture sent by Sneferu, first king of Egypt's 4th Dynasty, to Byblos, returning 40 ships filled with cedar wood.
Byblos figurines
The Byblos figurines are nearly 1,700 small votive figurines of sheet metal, bronze, and faience from Middle Bronze Age temple deposits at Byblos on the Lebanese coast.
Byblos Necropolis graffito
The Byblos Necropolis graffito is a short Phoenician inscription, cataloged as KAI 2, a curse against disturbing a royal tomb at Byblos, found in 1923.
Byblos syllabary
The Byblos syllabary, also called the Byblos script or pseudo-hieroglyphic script of Byblos, is an undeciphered writing system known only from Byblos in Lebanon, discovered in 1929 and probably mainly syllabic.
C-Group culture
The C-Group culture was an agro-pastoralist archaeological culture of cattle herders in Lower Nubia, between the First and Second Cataracts of the Nile, from roughly 2500 to 1500 BC.
Caesarion
Caesarion (Ptolemy XV Caesar, Καισαρίων), son of Cleopatra VII and nominally Julius Caesar, last Ptolemaic king of Egypt 44–30 BC; co-regent, 'King of Kings' at the Donations, executed by Octavian in August 30 BC.
Cairo Stone
The Cairo Stone is a group of basalt fragments in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo bearing parts of the royal annals of ancient Egypt, complementing the Palermo Stone.
Calah Annals of Tiglath-pileser III
The Calah Annals, also called the Nimrud Annals, are the annalistic royal inscriptions of the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III, carved on his Central Palace at Kalhu, modern Nimrud, Iraq.
Callicrates of Samos
Callicrates of Samos, also known as Kallikrates, was a Greek admiral who served as supreme commander of the Ptolemaic navy for about twenty years under Ptolemy II.
Campaign of Amenemhat I against the Libyans
The campaign of Amenemhat I against the Libyans was a punitive Egyptian expedition against the Tjehenu of the western desert around 1962 BC, led by his son Senusret I.
Campaign of Argishti I against Diauehi
The campaign of Argishti I against Diauehi was a Urartian military expedition of 785 BC in which King Argishti I burned Diauehi's royal city and imposed heavy tribute.
Campaign of Cambyses II against Kush
The campaign of Cambyses II against Kush was a Persian advance south from newly conquered Egypt into Nubia in 524/523 BC, reaching the First Cataract without conquering Kush.
Campaign of Gaius Petronius against Kush
The campaign of Gaius Petronius against Kush was a Roman punitive war in Lower Nubia from about 25 to 22 BC, launched after Kushite queen Amanirenas attacked Roman Egypt.
Campaign of Kamose against the Hyksos
The campaign of Kamose against the Hyksos, also called Kamose's war against Apepi, was a Theban offensive of about 1555–1550 BC that destroyed Hyksos strongholds in Middle Egypt.
Campaign of Mentuhotep II against Nubia
The campaign of Mentuhotep II against Nubia was an Egyptian military expedition into Lower Nubia under the Eleventh Dynasty pharaoh Mentuhotep II, reaching Buhen at the Second Cataract.
Campaign of Psamtik II against Kush
The campaign of Psamtik II against Kush, also called the Nubian campaign of Psammetichus II, was an Egyptian invasion of Kush in Nubia in 593 BC.
Campaign of Sargon II against Philistia and Judah
The campaign of Sargon II against Philistia and Judah, in 720 BC, defeated Hanunu of Gaza and his Egyptian allies at Raphia, restoring Assyrian control of the Philistine coast.
Campaign of Sennacherib against the Arab tribes
Sennacherib's campaign against the Arab tribes, about 690 BC, was an Assyrian expedition deep into northern Arabia that captured the Qedarite stronghold Adummatu, modern Dumat al-Jandal.
Campaign of Sennacherib against Tyre
The campaign of Sennacherib against Tyre, also called the Siege of Tyre by Sennacherib, was the Phoenician episode of Sennacherib's third campaign in 701 BC, in which Luli fled overseas.
Campaign of Senusret I in Nubia
A military campaign by the Egyptian king Senusret I into Lower Nubia around 1953 BC, led by General Montuhotep and reaching the Second Cataract of the Nile.
Campaign of Shalmaneser III against Hazael
The campaign of Shalmaneser III against Hazael was an Assyrian attack on Aram-Damascus in 841 BC; Hazael was defeated but Damascus held, and Jehu of Israel paid tribute.
Campaign of Shalmaneser III against Que
Shalmaneser III's campaign against Que was an Assyrian invasion of 839 BC, crossing the Amanus range to capture cities of Katê on the Cilician plain.
Campaign of Shar-Kali-Sharri against the Elamites
The campaign of Shar-Kali-Sharri against the Elamites was a battle in which the Akkadian king Shar-Kali-Sharri defeated an invading force of Elam and Zahara at Akshak, in the Diyala region, during his reign of 2217–2193 BC.
Campaign of Siamun to Philistia
A disputed Egyptian military campaign to Philistia or Gezer attributed to Siamun, a 21st Dynasty pharaoh of Tanis, usually dated within 990–950 BC and argued over because of 1 Kings 9:16.