Important People In History4

Important People in History

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Judah

Hezekiah: King of Judah from 727-698 who resisted the mighty Assyrian army led by Sennacherib

Amon: King of Judah from 642-640

Josiah: King of Judah from 639-609 and helped Judah declare independence

Jehoahaz: King of Judah from 815-789

Jehoiakim: King of Judah from 608-598

Jehoiachin: King of Judah from 598-597

Zedekiah: King of Judah from 597-596

Assyria

Sennacherib: King of Assyria from 704-681

Esarhaddon: King of Assyria from 680-669

Ashurbanipal: King of Assyria from 668-627

Sinsharishkun: King of Assyria from 627-612

Pharaoh Neco: King of Assyria from 610-595

Babylonia

Nabopolassar: King of Babylonia from 626-605

Nebuchadnezzar: King of Babylonia from 605-562

Prophets to Judah and the Exiles

Isaiah: A Prophet who told Israel to trust in God

Michah: Prophet who told of the punishment against Samaria and Jerusalem, and of the Salvation and the greatness of Mt. Zion

Oded: Prophet and father of Azaraiah

Hulda: Prophetess who was consulted after the discovery of the Law

Nahum: Prophet

Zephaniah: Prophet

Habakkuk: Prophet

Jeremiah: Prophet

Daniel: Prophet

Ezekiel: Prophet

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Solon: lived from 639?-559? B.C. and was one of the seven wise men of Greece

Cleisthenes: Statesman in ancient Athens who established democratic constitution

Helots: Enslaved Greeks who worked for the Spartans

Darius I: 550? -486 B.C. Persian king who tried to conquer Greece

Xerxes I: Persian king who tried to conquer Greece, but only weakened Persia

Miltiades: Athenian General who defeated the Persians in the battle of Marathon

Themistocles: Athenian statesman and general in the Persian wars

King Leonidas: King of Sparta, who died bravely, fighting the Greeks

Aristides: Athenian statesman and military leader

Croessus: Description of the person

Dorians: Ancient Greeks who ruled Peloponnesus

Ionaians: Lived on Peloponnesus before the Dorians who organized a religious league of major cities

Achaeans: Greeks who established a league to fight off enemies.

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