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Heritage Floor Tags > location: Assyria

Naqi'a
Flourished circa 680–627 B.C., Assyria (modern-day Iraq)Naqi'a-Zakutu's familial connections are unclear. In some locations, she is recorded as the wife of King Sennacharib of Assyria and mother of his son, Esarhaddon, while in others she is... Read more

Semiramis
Flourished 9th century B.C., Assyria (modern-day Iraq)Much of what we know about Semiramis, the queen of Assyria, is legend. The daughter of a fish-goddess, she married King Ninus of Babylon after her first husband committed suicide.... Read more

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