Mycale: promontory in western Turkey, famous for a battle in 479 BCE in which the allied Greeks defeated the navy of the Achaemenid king Xerxes, modern Dilek Daği.
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Myra: town in Lycia, modern Demre. The ancient town is especially well-known because it was the residence of Nicholas of Myra, the original saint behind Santa Claus.
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Myra: town in Lycia, modern Demre. It is well-known because it was the residence of Nicholas of Myra, the original saint behind Santa Claus, whose tomb was just outside the ancient city.
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Nabonidus (Babylonian: Nabû-na'id): last king of Babylonia, ruled 556-539.Relatives
Nabonidus
Father: Nabû-balâssi-iqbi
Mother: Adad-Guppi
Son: Belshazzar
Main deeds
556: Becomes king after a coup d'état by…
Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar: foundation text in which king Nabonidus of Babylonia (r.556-539) describes how he repaired three temples in Harran and Sippar.
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The Nabonidus Cylinder from Ur is a foundation text in which king Nabonidus of Babylonia (r.556-539) describes how he repaired the ziggurat called E-lugal-galga-sisa, which belonged to the temple of Sin in Ur, called Egišnugal. It is probably the king's…
Nabopolassar: first king of the LateBabylonian Empire, ruled 626-605.Relatives
ABC 4: The Late Nabopolassar Chronicle
Son: Nebuchadnezzar II
Main deeds
After the death of…
Napata: name of a group of settlements on the Middle Nile, capital of a Nubian kingdom, flourishing in the first half of the first millennium BCE, also known as Kush.Napata
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Naqš-e Rustam: archaeological site in Fars (Iran), best known for its Achaemenid tombs and rock reliefs made in the Sasanian age.Relief of Shapur I
Philip, Valerian, Shapur, and Kartir
The…