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This is a list of people known as the Great, or the equivalent, in their own language. Other languages have their own suffixes, such as Persian e Bozorg and Hindustani e Azam . In Persia, the title "the Great" at first seems to have been a colloquial version of the Old Persian title "Great King" ( King of Kings , Shahanshah ).
Ancient Egypt was one of the world's first civilizations, with its beginnings in the fertile Nile valley around 3150 BC. Ancient Egypt reached the zenith of its power during the New Kingdom (1570–1070 BC) under great pharaohs. Ancient Egypt was a great power to be contended with by both the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan ...
John V, Duke of Brittany (1339–1399), Duke of Brittany, also known as Jean le Conquéreur; Mehmed II (1432–1481), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; Mahmud Hotak (1717–1725), Afghan Shah of Persia; Thutmose III (c. 1477 BC–1425 BC), Egyptian pharaoh; Valdemar II of Denmark (1170–1241), King of Denmark
Cyrus II the Great, son of Cambyses I, ruled from c. 550 - 530 BC. Cambyses II, his son, ruled 530 - 521 BC. Smerdis, his alleged brother, ruled 521 BC; Darius the Great, his brother-in-law and grandson of Arsames, ruled 521 -486 BC. Xerxes I, his son, ruled 486 - 465 BC; Artaxerxes I, his son, ruled 464 - 424 BC. Xerxes II, his son, ruled 424 ...
Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka (/ ə ˈ ʃ oʊ k ə / [7] ə-SHOH-kə; Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐˈɕoːkɐ], IAST: Aśoka; c. 304 – 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was Emperor of Magadha [8] from c. 268 BCE until his death in 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynasty.
Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
February 8: A Day for Scientific Breakthroughs. On February 8, nearly 200 years apart, two groundbreaking scientific papers were unveiled that dramatically reshaped our comprehension of the world.
Lists of ancient kings are organized by region and peoples, and include kings recorded in ancient history (3000 BC – 1700 AD) and in mythology. Southern Europe [ edit ]