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Ashurbanipal
a few lines earlier, Tudhaliya IV had written, “And the Kings who are my equals in rank are the King of Egypt, the King of Babylonia, the King of Assyria, and the King of Ahhiyawa.”58 The strikethrough of the words “King of Ahhiyawa” is not a misprint in this book; it is a strikethrough found on the clay tablet of Tudhaliya IV. In other words, we h
... See moreEric H. Cline • 1177 B.C.
Shutruk-Nahhunte’s own mother was a Kassite princess, as he tells us in a letter that he wrote to the Kassite court, and which the German excavators found at Babylon.64 In that letter, he complains that he had been passed over for the Babylonian throne, despite being fully qualified for the position, including by birth. His indignation is palpable
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Even the last king of Ugarit, Ammurapi, received several letters from the Hittite king Suppiluliuma II in the early twelfth century BC, including one chastising him for being late in sending a much-needed shipment of food to the Hittite homeland. That one was sent sometime in the years just before the final destructions of both the Hittite kingdom
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Nuada (Lludd, Nudd, Lludd Llaw Ereint)- The Good Father, consort to Fea, the war Goddess. Powerful chieftain God of thunder, kingship, rebirth, war, and wealth, who carries one of the Tuatha De Dannan's four treasures, the sword from Findias. On the summer solstice, he loses his hand in battle. A disfigured king cannot rule the Celts, so he has a s
... See moreSarah Owen • Celtic Spirituality: A Beginners Guide To Celtic Spirituality
treaty signed in approximately 1225 BC between Tudhaliya IV, king of the Hittites, and Shaushgamuwa, his brother-in-law by marriage. Shaushgamuwa was the king of Amurru, who controlled the coastal regions of northern Syria that provided potential access to the Assyrian lands.
Eric H. Cline • 1177 B.C.
