History

There are 2848 items in History:

Neithhotep

Queen Neithhotep lived during the final phase of Egypt’s Predynastic age and was presumably the wife of King Narmer, the unifier of the “Two Lands”, which may have taken place in the thirtieth century BCE.  …

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Nemausus (Nîmes)

Nemausus (Νέμαυσος): Roman city in southern France, modern Nîmes.Origin Coin from Nîmes: the crocodile stands for Egypt, where Augustus' soldiers had been…

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Neo-Hittites

Neo-Hittites or Syro-Hittites: modern name for the successor states of the Hittite Empire, which had desintegrated in the early twelfth century BCE.Demise of the Hittite Empire …

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Nepherites I

Nepherites (Egyptian Nef'aurud): first pharaoh of the twenty-ninth, Mendesian dynasty (398-392/391). Map of Lower Egypt (fifth-fourth centuries BCE) In the fifth century…

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Nepherites II

Nepherites (Egyptian Nef'aurud): last pharaoh of the twenty-ninth, Mendesian dynasty, briefly ruling in 379/378 BCE. Map of Lower Egypt (fifth-fourth centuries…

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Neriglissar

Neriglissar: king of ancient Babylonia, ruled 559-556.The Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar died in 562 and was succeeded in by his son Amel-Marduk, who was almost immediately murdered and replaced by his brother-in-law Neriglissar, who is probably identical to an officer of Nebuchadnezzar…

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Nero

Nero: emperor of the Roman world (r. 54-68). Nero Names: 15 December 37: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus 25 February 50: Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus 13…

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Nerva

Nerva: emperor of the Roman world (96-98). Nerva Names: 30 November 30: Marcus Cocceius Nerva 18 September 96: Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus 97: Imperator Nerva…

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Nesactium

Nesactium: Histrian hillfort, Roman town, modern Vizače in Croatia. Nesactium, Capitol Although the hillfort of Nesactium has been inhabited since the Neolithic, the first…

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New Paphos

Paphos (Greek Πάφος): name of two cities in the southwest of Cyprus, the Archaic and Classical town (also known as Kouklia) and the Hellenistic and Roman city (which is still called Paphos). …

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Nicaea

Nicaea (c.335- after 300): Macedonian lady, wife of Lysimachus.Relatives Father: Antipater Husband:Lysimachus Children: Agathocles, Eurydice, Arsinoe I Main deeds c.335: Born as daughter of Antipater, the governor of Macedonia during the reign of Alexander the Great. 11 June 323: Death of Alexander in Babylon (text); outbreak of…

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