Queens of Mesopotamia
The queen is pure
: Nakia, one of the most famous Assyrian women. She was the wife of King Sennacherib, King of Assyria from 705 to 681 BC. She was initially his slave, then he admired her, married her, and made her the first woman in Assyria. She was the mother of Esarhaddon, who inherited power after the death of his father, Sennacherib, and the grandmother of Assyria. Banipal, and Esarhaddon was influenced by her and had several sculptures with her, as he had great respect for her. Not much is known about her origin. There are those who say that she was one of the captives who were sent by Hezekiah, king of Judah, to Assyria. There are those who say that its origin is Babylonian, given that Esarhaddon was influenced by the city of Babylon, so he resided there, but the most likely possibility, according to what the researchers say, is that it is from the Aramaic region of Harran between Turkey and Syria, and given that it had another name, which was Zakoto, and this name is of Aramaic origins from that. Region.
Semiramis (Shemiram), Assyrian queen from 811 to 808 BC. Her name in ancient Assyrian is Shammuramat, which means “beloved by heaven,” or “my name is High.” She is the wife of King Shamshi-Adad V.
Shibad (Pawabi in Akkadian, meaning “the words of my father”), was an important figure in the Sumerian city of Ur, during the First Dynasty of Ur (ca. 2600 BC).
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