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Muršili II

1400 BC - 1300 BC

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Mursili II (also spelled Mursilis II) was a king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom) c. 1330–1295 BC (middle chronology) or 1321–1295 BC (short chronology). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muršili II has received more than 79,381 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Muršili II is the 2,521st most popular politician (up from 2,572nd in 2019).

Muršili II is most famous for the Hittite Empire's defeat in the Battle of Kadesh.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muršili II ranks 2,521 out of 19,576Before him are Fumimaro Konoe, Milovan Đilas, Agostinho Neto, Lütfi Pasha, Gwanggaeto the Great, and Dagobert III. After him are Muhammad I Tapar, Zimri, Sancho III of Pamplona, Pupienus, Tarō Asō, and Irene of Hungary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400 BC, Muršili II ranks 8Before him are Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Meritaten, Jethro, Kiya, and Shalmaneser I. After him are Meritamen, Adad-nirari I, Fu Hao, Piyassili, Ashur-uballit I, and Neferneferuaten Tasherit. Among people deceased in 1300 BC, Muršili II ranks 3Before him are Ḫattušili III, and Shalmaneser I. After him are Muwatalli II, Meritamen, Tukulti-Ninurta I, Bintanath, Fu Hao, Amun-her-khepeshef, Tudḫaliya IV, Henutmire, and Puduḫepa.

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