Sammuramat
Also known as Sammu-ramat, Samuramate, Semiramide, Simīrāmīs, Šamuramat, Šammuramat, Semiramis, Semiramida
Shammuramat (Akkadian: Sammu-rāmat or Sammu-ramāt), also known as Sammuramat or Shamiram and Semiramis, was a powerful queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Beginning her career as the primary consort of the king Shamshi-Adad V (824–811 BC), Shammuramat reached an unusually prominent position in the reign of her son Adad-nirari III (811–783 BC). Though there is dispute in regard to Shammuramat's formal status and position, and if she should be considered a co-regent, it is clear that she was among the most powerful and influential women of the ancient Near East and the Iron Age in general; she is
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Koningin Sammuramat was de echtgenote van de Assyrische koning Shamshi-Adad V en nam het voogdijschap over haar zoon Adad-nirari III waar vanaf 810 tot 806 v.Chr. Zij wordt beschouwd als een sterke vrouw. Ze wordt soms gelijkgesteld met de legendarische Assyrische koningin Semiramis. Ze heerste ook als koningin van Babylon.
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