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Assyrian–Elamite wars
The Assyrian–Elamite wars were a series of Assyrian campaigns against Elam and Babylonian rebels between 721 and 646 BC, ending with Ashurbanipal's sack of Susa in 646 BC.
Astana International Exchange
The Astana International Exchange (AIX) is a securities exchange opened in 2018 within the Astana International Financial Centre in Kazakhstan, trading equities, bonds, and structured products.
Astana Process
The Astana Process is a series of meetings on the Syrian civil war launched in 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan, convened by Russia, Iran, and Turkey.
Astanor Ventures
Astanor Ventures is a Brussels, Belgium-based venture capital firm investing in agrifood technology and the bioeconomy, with around €800 million under management and more than 45 portfolio companies.
Astaroth
Astaroth, also spelled Ashtaroth, is the Grand Duke of Hell in Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577) and the 29th Goetic spirit, deriving his name from the biblical goddess Ashtoreth, the Hebrew polemical form of Phoenician Astarte.
Astarte
Astarte (Phoenician ʿAshtart, Hebrew Ashtoreth), West Semitic goddess related to Ishtar, of love, fertility, war, and Venus; Phoenician homeland, Egyptian war goddess, Biblical Ashtoreth, Pyrgi plaques, Carthage and Tanit.
Astarte and the Insatiable Sea
Astarte and the Insatiable Sea, also called the Astarte Papyrus, is an Egyptian mythological tale in which the goddess Astarte negotiates with the hostile Sea.
Astarymus
Astarymus, also known as Aserymus, was a king of Tyre in the 9th century BC who reigned nine years and was slain by his brother Pheles, who seized the kingdom.
Astasia Myers
Astasia Myers is a venture capitalist who joined Felicis as a General Partner in January 2024, investing early in AI, data, open source, developer tools, and security companies.
Astead Herndon
Astead W. Herndon, American political journalist, former New York Times national politics reporter and CNN analyst, host of The Run-Up, now Vox editorial director hosting America, Actually; NABJ 2025 Journalist of the Year.
Astellas Pharma
Astellas Pharma Inc. is a Japanese pharmaceutical company formed in 2005 by the merger of Yamanouchi and Fujisawa, best known for the prostate-cancer drug XTANDI and newer brands like PADCEV.
Aster (missile family)
Aster is a family of European surface-to-air interceptor missiles developed by the Franco-Italian consortium Eurosam, with Aster 15 for medium and Aster 30 for long range.
Asteria (στερία) (mythology)
Asteria (στερία), Greek Titaness, daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, sister of Leto, mother of Hecate by Perses. Fleeing Zeus she became a quail, then the island Delos; she had no independent cult.
Asterion Industrial Partners
Asterion Industrial Partners is a Madrid-based investment firm specializing in European mid-market infrastructure private equity, founded in 2018 and reporting around $10 billion in assets under management.
Asterisk
Asterisk (), from Greek asteriskos 'little star': a star-shaped typographic mark used for footnotes, omissions, birth dates, reconstructed or ungrammatical linguistic forms, wildcards, and multiplication.
Āstika and nāstika
Āstika and nāstika are terms in Indian philosophy classifying schools by whether they accept Vedic authority: the six orthodox schools are āstika, while Buddhism, Jainism, and Cārvāka are nāstika.
Astiru
Astiru, also read Astiruwa or Asti-Ruwas, was an early Iron Age king of Carchemish, a Neo-Hittite city-state on the Euphrates, known only from Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions and dated to about 810 BC.
Astiru II
Astiru II was a Neo-Hittite king of Carchemish who ruled around 755 BC, the penultimate king of the House of Sastura before Pisiri, and is known from the only monumental cuneiform inscription of a Neo-Hittite ruler.
Astiruwa
Astiruwa, also known as Astiru or Asti-Ruwas, was a ruler of the Syro-Hittite kingdom of Carchemish around 810 BC, founder of the dynasty called the House of Astiruwa.
Astor family
The Astor family, also known as the Astors, is an American business dynasty founded by John Jacob Astor, whose fur-trade and Manhattan real-estate fortune made it the world's wealthiest.
Astorg
Astorg is an independent, partner-owned pan-European private equity firm founded in 1998 as a spin-off from Suez Group, headquartered in Luxembourg and managing over €23 billion.
Astorg Mid-Cap
Astorg Mid-Cap is the European mid-market buyout fund family of Astorg, a Luxembourg private equity firm, launched in 2020; its debut fund closed at €1.3 billion in 2022.
Astra (अस्त्र) (weapon)
Astra (अस्त्र) is the Sanskrit term for a thrown or missile weapon, distinct from the handheld shastra; in the Ramayana and Mahabharata it also denotes divine weapons (divyastra) such as the Brahmastra, released by mantra.
Astra Casino
Astra Casino (Астра Казино) is a Novomatic Group casino brand in North Macedonia with 40+ venues in Skopje, Bogovinje, Tetovo, Ohrid and other cities, operated by MASTERBET DOOEL Skopje; distinct from the dissolved UK company Astra Casino Gaming (One) Ltd.
Astra International
Astra International is an Indonesian diversified conglomerate founded in 1957 by William Soeryadjaya and built around vehicle assembly, distribution, and financing, controlled since 2000 by Jardine Cycle & Carriage.
Astraea
Astraea (Greek Ἀστραία, Astraia) is the Greek virgin-goddess of justice, daughter of Zeus and Themis or of Astraeus and Eos, who fled earth's degenerate ages and became the constellation Virgo, identified with Dike and prophesied by Virgil to return.
Astraeus (στραῖος)
Astraeus (Ἀστραῖος, Astraios), Greek Titan god of stars and astrology, son of Crius and Eurybia, husband of Eos the Dawn, and father of the winds Boreas, Zephyrus, Notus (and Eurus), the morning star, and the stars.
Astrakhan Uprising
The Astrakhan Uprising (Астраханское восстание) was an armed revolt of streltsy, soldiers, and townspeople against Peter I's taxes and regulations, begun in July 1705 and crushed in March 1706.
Astrakhan uprising of 1670–1671
The Astrakhan uprising of 1670–1671 (Астраханское восстание) was the seizure and hold of Astrakhan by Stepan Razin's rebels from June 1670 until government troops retook the city in November 1671.
Astrakhanid dynasty
The Astrakhanid dynasty, also known as the Janids or Ashtarkhanids, was a line of Genghisid khans that ruled the Khanate of Bukhara in Central Asia from 1599 to 1747.