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Artaxerxes: Persian king; last Persian ruler before Alexander the Great takes over; sends Nehemiah to rebuild walls of Jerusalem
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Ashurbanipal: Assyrian king; last great king before Nineveh fell to Babylon in 612 BC; created library
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Belshazzar: Babylonian king; ruler when Babylon taken over by Persians
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Cambyses: Persian king; invaded Egypt and converted it into satrapy; took title of pharaoh
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Cyrus: Persian king; conquered Babylon; believed he was creating a world empire; known for wisdom and compassion; permitted Jews to rebuild temple
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Darius: Persian king; Persia at largest point during his reign (~20 satrapies); invaded Greece, but lost at Marathon
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Nabonidus: Babylonian king; abandoned worship of Marduk in favor of moon god, Sin
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Nabopolassar: Babylonian king; joined forces with Medes and captured Nineveh
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Nebuchadnezzar II: Babylonian king; achieves final defeat of Assyrians, Egypt and Jerusalem
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Sennacherib: Assyrian king; besieged, but never entered Jerusalem
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Shalmaneser: Assyrian king; conquered Mittani, solidifying empire
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Tiglath-Pileser III: Assyrian king; created standing army, vastly improving security; conquered most of the world
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Xerxes: Persian king; invaded Greece and won at Thermopylae, but lost at Salamis; story of Esther