Ninus
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Ninus, according to Greek historians writing in the Hellenistic period and later, was the founder of Nineveh, ancient capital of Assyria. What figure or figures he may have been based on is uncertain;
Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by Guillaume Rouillé
Shammuramat
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Shammuramat, also known as Sammuramat or Shamiram and Semiramis, was a powerful queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Beginning her career as the primary queen consort of the king Shamshi-Adad V, Shammura
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…lists compiled by the Mesopotamians themselves, nor mentioned in any Mesopotamian literature, and is thus considered wholly fictional. An Assyrian queen Shammuramat is known to be historical, and for five years from 811 BC ruled the Neo-Assyrian Empire as regent for her son Adad-nirari III, and had been the wife…
Inscription on a stele erected in Assur by Shammuramat
The Pazarcık Stele, which mentions Shammuramat's participation in a campaign against Kummuh
Semiramis Building Babylon (1861) by Edgar Degas
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1784 illustration by Nicolas de Launay [fr], depicting Semiramis being murdered by her son Ninyas