Kings of the Lands

founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)

Ashurbanipal (, meaning "Ashur is the creator of the heir") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as his father Esarhaddon‘s favored heir; his 38-year reign was among the longest of any Assyrian king. Though sometimes regarded as the apogee of ancient Assyria, his reign also marked the last time Assyrian armies waged war throughout the ancient Near East and the beginning of the end of Assyrian dominion over the region.

sixth Achaemenid emperor (475–424 BC)

The second Achaemenid emperor (530–522 BC)

Ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 281 to 261 BC

Assyrian king

Assyrian king

Parthian emperor (132-128 BC)

ancient Mesopotamian title