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Died 353 BCE or 352 BCE
Title / Office governor (377BC-353BC), Caria
Artemisia II, statue by an unknown artist; in the National Archeological Museum, Naples
Artemisia II
queen of Caria
Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great
king of Persia
Darius the Great
Darius I
king of Persia
Bas-relief detail of Xerxes I wearing a robe and crown, holding a flower, from the north courtyard of the treasury at Persepolis, now in the Archaeological Museum in Tehran.
Xerxes I
king of Persia
ʿAbbās I
ʿAbbās I
Ṣafavid shah of Persia
Khosrow II
Khosrow II
king of Persia
Shāpūr II, gold coin, 4th century; in the British Museum, London.
Shāpūr II
king of Persia
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Cambyses II
king of Persia
Ardashīr I, coin, 3rd century; in the British Museum
Ardashīr I
Sāsānian king
Ancient rock relief at Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran, depicting the surrender of Roman emperor Valerian to Persian king Shapur, with Shapur on horseback and Valerian kneeling before him.
Shāpūr I
king of Persia
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Cyaxares
king of Media
Narses
Narses
king of Sāsānian empire
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Baldwin V
count of Flanders
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Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
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Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
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Francesco da Sangallo
Italian sculptor
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Opechancanough
American Indian chief
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
president of United States
President Barack Obama stands smiling with arms crossed in the Oval Office, with the American flag and presidential seal visible behind him.
Barack Obama
president of United States
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France