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Figures — Mesopotamia and the Levant
The figures filed under Mesopotamia and the Levant.
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Figures in Mesopotamia and the Levant
Tigris–Euphrates, Anatolia and the eastern Mediterranean coast, roughly 3500 BCE to 200 CE.
18 figures
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Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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Christianity · Islam Job Biblical figure -
Ahab King of Israel, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband of Jezebel (1 Kings 16) -
Judaism · Christianity Athaliah Queen of Judah -
Judaism Ruth Protagonist of the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible -
Judaism · Christianity Belshazzar Biblical king of Babylonia in the Book of Daniel -
Judaism · Christianity Jezebel Biblical Phoenician princess -
Judaism · Christianity Manasseh King of Judah (Second Book of Chronicles) -
Judaism · Christianity Balaam Biblical prophet -
Omri Sixth King of Israel -
Judaism · Christianity Delilah Woman described in the Book of Judges -
Enmerkar Builder of Uruk in Sumer -
Jehoram King of Ancient Israel -
Judaism · Islam · Christianity Jethro Biblical character, father-in-law of Moses -
Manishtushu Akkadian king
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Pazuzu Mesopotamian demon -
Judaism · Christianity Witch of Endor Biblical character (First Book of Samuel) - Judaism · Christianity Ben-Hadad I King of Aram Damascus (First Book of Kings)
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Ennigaldi-Nanna Babylonian princess
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Mesopotamia and the Levant
Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite-adjacent and Canaanite gods, and the texts that carry them.