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Relief believed to depict Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great

Iran · c. 600–530 BCE

Founder of the Achaemenid Empire

Relief depicting Darius the Great

Darius the Great

Iran · 550–486 BCE

King of the Achaemenid Empire

Bas-relief of Hammurabi from the top of his law code stele

Hammurabi

Iraq · c. 1810–1750 BCE

King of Babylon

Ancient depiction believed to represent Nebuchadnezzar II

Nebuchadnezzar II

Iraq · c. 634–562 BCE

King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire

Achaemenid Persian artifact associated with the era of Xerxes I

Xerxes I

Iran · c. 518–465 BCE

King of the Achaemenid Persian Empire