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The name "Olmec" means "rubber people" in Nahuatl, the language of the Nahuas, and was the Aztec term for the people who lived in the Gulf Lowlands in the 15th and 16th centuries, some 2,000 years after the Olmec culture died out.
Existence uncertain until recently; probably ruled a few months 59 to 30 BC: Malichus I: 30 to 9 BC: Obodas III: 9/8 BC to 39/40: Aretas IV Philopatris: Ḥuldo, Queen: Šagīlat, Queen: 39/40 to 69/70: Malichus II: Šagīlat II, Queen: 70/71 to 106: Rabbel II Soter: Gāmilat, [2] Queen: Hagaru, [2] Queen: 106: Annexed by Trajan becoming the ...
The rulers seem to have been the most important religious figures, with their links to the Olmec deities or supernaturals providing legitimacy for their rule. [2] [a] There is also considerable evidence for shamans in the Olmec archaeological record, particularly in the so-called "transformation figures". [3] Figure from Las Limas monument 1.
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King Ahaz (II Kings 16:1) – under whose reign, Hoshea ruled as the last king of Israel. King Hezekiah (II Kings 18:1) – under his reign, the Assyrian Empire conquered and destroyed the northern kingdom 722 BCE leaving only the southern kingdom of Judah. King Manasseh (II Kings 20:21) King Amon (II Kings 21:18) King Josiah (II Kings 21:26)
In the narrative, Bera joins four other Canaanite city kings in rebelling against Chedorlaomer, an Elamite king and his allies who rule a vast area. In the Battle of the Vale of Siddim, the combined imperial forces plunder Sodom and nearby cities, taking many people captive and also much plunder. Bera and the king of Gomorrah, Birsha, flee the ...
Nastasen is known from three types of objects. There is a stela with a long historical inscription, a silver handle of a mirror, [2] and several shabti-figures.The mirror handle and the shabti were found in a pyramid at Nuri (Nu. 15), which was obviously his burial place.
Illustration from the Jewish Encyclopedia, Showing Ḫammurabi on one of his steles as Amraphel. In the Hebrew Bible, Amraphel / ˈ æ m r ə ˌ f ɛ l / (Hebrew: אַמְרָפֶל, romanized: ’Amrāp̄el; Greek: Ἀμαρφάλ, romanized: Amarphál; Latin: Amraphel) was a king of Shinar (Hebrew for Sumer) in Book of Genesis Chapter 14, [1] who invaded Canaan along with other kings under ...