POLITICIAN

Shammuramat

900 BC - 800 BC

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Shammuramat (Akkadian: Sammu-rāmat or Sammu-ramāt), also known as Sammuramat or Shamiram and Semiramis, was a powerful queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Beginning her career as the primary consort of the king Shamshi-Adad V (r. 824–811 BC), Shammuramat reached an unusually prominent position in the reign of her son Adad-nirari III (r. 811–783 BC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shammuramat has received more than 179,941 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Shammuramat is the 3,718th most popular politician (up from 3,941st in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 100th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Shammuramat is most famous for being the last Assyrian queen. She was married to Ashurbanipal, who was the last Assyrian king.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shammuramat ranks 3,718 out of 19,576. Before her are Baruch ben Neriah, Lenín Moreno, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Mengu-Timur, Hüma Hatun, and Ferdinand II of León. After her are Francis, Count of Vendôme, Milorad Dodik, Goujian, Henry I of Navarre, Theuderic II, and Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900 BC, Shammuramat ranks 12. Before her are Jehu, Jehoram of Judah, Jehoash of Israel, Ahaziah of Judah, Caranus of Macedon, and Jehoahaz of Israel. After her are Menua, Takelot II, Hazael, Coenus of Macedon, Pedubast I, and Arame of Urartu. Among people deceased in 800 BC, Shammuramat ranks 5. Before her are Hoshea, Titus Tatius, Jotham of Judah, and Caranus of Macedon. After her are Tarpeia, Shabaka, Coenus of Macedon, Coroebus of Elis, Bakenranef, Tefnakht, and Ben-Hadad III.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Shammuramat ranks 98 out of 384. Before her are Ibn Qutaybah (828), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), Adad-nirari II (-1000), Al-Mu'tazz (847), Sumu-abum (-2000), and Enmerkar (-2500). After her are Al-Nasir (1158), Sin-Muballit (-1900), Ibn Sirin (653), Samsu-iluna (-1792), Ovadia Yosef (1920), and Labashi-Marduk (-550).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Shammuramat ranks 56. Before her are Ahmad ibn Tulun (835), Nouri al-Maliki (1950), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), Adad-nirari II (-1000), Sumu-abum (-2000), and Enmerkar (-2500). After her are Al-Nasir (1158), Sin-Muballit (-1900), Samsu-iluna (-1792), Ovadia Yosef (1920), Labashi-Marduk (-550), and Parysatis (-500).

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