Famous Kings - page 2
The Most Famous Kings | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Sundiata Keita | August 20, 1217 | Central African | Sundiata Keita was the founder of the Mali Empire in West Africa |
Ashoka | 304 BC | Indian | Ashoka was the third emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty and ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent |
Murad IV | July 26, 1612 | Turkish | Murad IV was one of the mighty Sultans in the history of the Ottoman Empire |
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia | August 1, 1924 | Saudi Arabian | Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was the King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015 and the third wealthiest head of state in the world |
Xerxes I | 519 BC | Iranian | Xerxes I (Xerxes the Great) was the fourth and the most famous king of the Archaemenid dynasty of Persia |
Sargon of Akkad | 2340 BC | Iraqi | Sargon of Akkad, also called ‘Sargon the Great’, ‘Sarru-Kan’ and ‘Shar-Gani-Sharri’, was the founder and first king of the Akkadian Empire |
Gia Long | February 8, 1762 | Vietnamese | Gia Long was the first emperor of the Nguyen dynasty as well as the founding father of the modern nation of Vietnam |
Flavius Odoacer | 435 | Ancient Roman | Flavius Odoacer was a soldier who went on to become the King of Italy |
Suleiman The Magnificent | November 6, 1494 | Turkish | Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire |
Bindusara | 320 BC | Indian | Bindusara was the second Mauryan Emperor of India who ruled from c |
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