User:SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits/List of rulers in the Levantine sea region during antiquity

Cypriots (c. 2334 BCE – c. 750 CE)

Cyprus (c. 2334 BCE – c. 750 CE)

Main article: Cyprus

Akkadians in Cyprus (c. 2334 – c. 2279 BCE)

Main article: Akkadians

Keftiu (c. 2334 – c. 1500 BCE)

Main article: Keftiu

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
	Sargon (?)	reigned c. 2335 – c. 2279 BCE (56 years)	Son of La'ibum

Eteocypriots (c. 1500 – c. 58 BCE)

Main article: Eteocypriot language

Alashiya (c. 1500 – c. 1000 BCE)

Main article: Alashiya

Enkomi (c. 1500 – c. 550 BCE)

Main article: Enkomi

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Madduwatta		r. c. 1500 – c. 1380 BCE (≈120 years)	Unclear succession
Unknown		r. c. 1380 – c. 1300 BCE (≈80 years)	"Brother" of a pharaoh (?)
Kushmeshusha		r. c. 1300 – c. 1200 BCE (≈100 years)	Unclear succession
Unknown		r. c. 1200 – c. 1182 BCE (≈18 years)
Eshuwara		r. c. 1182 – c. 1100 BCE (≈82 years)
Hatiba		r. c. 1100 – c. 1050 BCE (≈50 years)

Idalium (c. 1300 – c. 450 BCE)

Main article: Idalium

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Stakyspros		r. c. 535 – c. 450 BCE (≈85 years)	Unclear succession

Kourion (c. 1050 BCE – c. 649 CE)

Main article: Kourion

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Damasu		r. c. 750 – c. 631 BCE (≈119 years)	Unclear succession
Pasikrates		r. c. 450 – c. 332 BCE (≈118 years)
Stasanor		r. c. 332 – c. 294 BCE (≈38 years)

Ledra (c. 1050 – c. 330 BCE)

Main article: Ledra

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Onasagoras		r. c. 774 – c. 669 BCE (≈105 years)	Unclear succession

Tamassos (c. 700 – c. 323 BCE)

Main article: Tamassos

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Pasikypros		r. c. 700 – c. 669 BCE (≈31 years)	Unclear succession

Greek Cypriots (c. 1400 BCE – c. 649 CE)

Main article: Greek Cypriots

Kitrusi (c. 1200 – c. 631 BCE)

Main article: Kitrusi

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Chytros		r. c. 1200 – c. 1200 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Alexander and grandson of Akamas
Pilagura		r. c. 750 – c. 631 BCE (≈119 years)	Unclear succession

Kouklia (c. 1200 – c. 306 BCE)

Main article: Kouklia

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
	Pygmalion	r. c. 1200 – c. 1200 BCE (≈25 years)	Unclear succession
Paphos		r. c. 1200 – c. 1200 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Pygmalion
	Cinyras	r. c. 1200 – c. 1200 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Paphos (?)

Nea Paphos (c. 1200 – c. 306 BCE)

Main article: Paphos § New Paphos

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Agapenor		r. c. 1200 – c. 1200 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Ancaeus
	Nicocles of Paphos	r. c. 321 – c. 306 BCE (≈15 years)	Unclear succession

Amathus (c. 1100 – c. 281 BCE)

Main article: Amathus

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Amathous		r. c. 1100 – c. 1100 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Heracles
Androkles		r. c. 385 – c. 281 BCE (≈104 years)	Unclear succession

Salamis (c. 1100 – c. 58 BCE)

Main article: Salamis, Cyprus

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
	Teucer	r. c. 1100 – c. 1100 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Telamon
Evelthon		r. c. 569 – c. 525 BCE (≈34 years)	Unclear succession
Siromos		r. c. 525 – c. 515 BCE (≈10 years)
Hersis		r. c. 515 – c. 500 BCE (≈15 years)
Gorgus		r. c. 500 – c. 499 BCE (≈1 year)
Onesilus		r. c. 499 – c. 497 BCE (≈2 years)	Brother of Gorgos
Gorgus		r. c. 497 – c. 480 BCE (≈17 years)	Brother of Onesilus
Philaon		r. c. 480 – c. 465 BCE (≈15 years)	Unclear succession
Nicodemus		r. c. 465 – c. 460 BCE (≈5 years)
Lacharidas		r. c. 460 – c. 455 BCE (≈5 years)
Eventhes		r. c. 455 – c. 450 BCE (≈5 years)
Unknown		r. c. 450 – c. 415 BCE (≈35 years)
Abdemon		r. c. 415 – c. 411 BCE (≈4 years)
	Evagoras I	r. c. 411 – c. 374 BCE (≈37 years)
Nicocles of Salamis		r. c. 374 – c. 360 BCE (≈14 years)	Son of Evagoras I
	Evagoras II	r. c. 361 – c. 351 BCE (≈10 years)	Son of Nicocles of Salamis (?)
Pnytagoras		r. c. 351 – c. 331 BCE (≈20 years)	Nephew of Evagoras II
	Nicocreon of Cyprus	r. c. 331 – c. 310 BCE (≈21 years)	Unclear succession
Menelaus		r. c. 310 – c. 306 BCE (≈4 years)	Brother of Ptolemy I
	Ptolemy VI	r. c. 180 – c. 158 BCE (≈22 years)	Son of Ptolemy V
Ptolemy Eupator		r. c. 158 – c. 152 BCE (≈6 years)	Son of Ptolemy VI
Ptolemy IX		r. c. 152 – c. 116 BCE (≈36 years)	Sons of Ptolemy VIII
Ptolemy X		r. c. 116 – c. 80 BCE (≈36 years)
Ptolemy of Cyprus		r. c. 80 – c. 58 BCE (≈22 years)	Son of Ptolemy IX

Soli (c. 800 BCE – c. 70 CE)

Main article: Soli, Cyprus

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Aristocyprus		r. c. 497 – c. 493 BCE (≈4 years)	Son of Philocyprus

Phoenician Cypriots (c. 1200 – c. 312 CE)

Marion (c. 1400 – c. 312 BCE)

Main articles: Marion, Cyprus and Akamantis

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
	Acamas	r. c. 1400 – c. 1400 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Theseus
Stasioikos II		r. c. 431 – c. 312 BCE (≈119 years)	Unclear succession

Kyrenia (c. 1400 – c. 312 BCE)

Main article: Kyrenia

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Cepheus		r. c. 1400 – c. 1400 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Aleus

Kition (c. 1200 BCE – c. 312 BCE)

Main article: Kition

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Poumyathon		r. c. 431 – c. 312 BCE (≈119 years)	Unclear succession

Lapathus (c. 1200 – c. 281 BCE)

Main article: Lapathus (Cyprus)

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Lapathus		r. c. 1200 – c. 1200 BCE (≈25 years)	Unclear succession
Praxander		r. c. 1200 – c. 1200 BCE (≈25 years)
Praxippus		r. c. 336 – c. 281 BCE (≈55 years)

Phoenicians (c. 2050 – c. 42 BCE)

Main article: Phoenicians

Tyre (c. 2050 – c. 42 BCE)

Main articles: King of Tyre and Tyre, Lebanon

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Agenor			r. c. 2050 – c. 1987 BCE (63 years)	Son of Poseidon
		Phoenix	r. c. 1987 – c. 1900 BCE (≈87 years)	Son of Agenor
Abimilki			r. c. 1350 – c. 1335 BCE (≈15 years)	Unclear succession
Abibaal			r. c. 993 – c. 981 BCE (≈12 years)
		Hiram I	r. c. 980 – c. 947 BCE (≈33 years)	Son of Abibaal
Baal-Eser I			r. c. 946 – c. 930 BCE (≈16 years)	Son of Hiram I
Abdastartus			r. c. 929 – c. 921 BCE (≈8 years)	Son of Baal-Eser I
Astartus			r. c. 920 – c. 901 BCE (≈19 years)	Four brothers
Deleastartus			r. c. 900 – c. 889 BCE (≈11 years)
Astarymus			r. c. 888 – c. 880 BCE (≈11 years)
Phelles			r. c. 879 BCE (8 months)
Ithobaal I			r. c. 878 – c. 847 BCE (≈21 years)	Son of Ahiram (?)
Baal-Eser II			r. c. 846 – c. 841 BCE (≈5 years)	Son of Ithobaal I
Mattan I			r. c. 840 – c. 832 BCE (≈8 years)	Son of Baal-Eser II
		Pygmalion	r. c. 831 – c. 785 BCE (≈46 years)	Son of Mattan I
Ithobaal II			r. c. 750 – c. 739 BCE (≈11 years)	Unclear succession
Hiram II			r. c. 739 – c. 730 BCE (≈9 years)
Mattan II			r. c. 730 – c. 729 BCE (≈1 years)
Elulaios			r. c. 729 – c. 694 BCE (≈35 years)
Abd Melqart			r. c. 694 – c. 680 BCE (≈14 years)
		Baal I	r. c. 680 – c. 660 BCE (≈20 years)
Unknown			r. c. 660 – c. 592 BCE (≈68 years)
Ithobaal III			r. c. 591 – c. 573 BCE (≈18 years)
Shoftim			r. c. 573 – c. 551 BCE (≈22 years)
Hiram III			r. c. 551 – c. 532 BCE (≈19 years)
Mattan IV			r. c. 490 – c. 480 BCE (≈10 years)
Boulomenus			r. c. 480 – c. 420 BCE (≈60 years)
Abdemon			r. c. 420 – c. 411 BCE (≈9 years)
		Evagoras II (?)	r. c. 411 – c. 374 BCE (≈37 years)	Grandson of Evagoras I
Eugoras			r. c. 374 – c. 340 BCE (≈34 years)	Unclear succession
Azemilcus			r. c. 340 – c. 332 BCE (≈8 years)
Marion			r. c. 42 BCE (≈1 year)

Luwians (c. 1700 – c. 1200 BCE)

Main article: Luwians

Arzawa (c. 1700 – c. 1200 BCE)

Main article: Arzawa

Apaša (c. 1700 – c. 1200 BCE)

Main article: Apaša

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Kupanta-Kurunta		r. c. 1440 – c. 1370 BCE (≈30 years)	Unclear succession
Tarḫuntaradu		r. c. 1370 – c. 1320 BCE (≈30 years)
	Tarkasnawa	r. c. 1320 – c. 1320 BCE (≈30 years)
Uhha-Ziti		r. c. 1320 – c. 1300 BCE (≈30 years)

Sipylus (c. 1500 – c. 546 BCE)

Main article: Sipylus

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Tmolus		r. c. 1500 – c. 1500 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Ares
	Tantalus	r. c. 1500 – c. 1500 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Tmolus (?)

Lydians (c. 1500 – c. 133 BCE)

Main article: Lydians

Maeoniae (c. 1500 – c. 133 BCE)

Main article: Lydia

Sardis (c. 1500 – c. 133 BCE)

Main article: Sardis

Maeoniaens (c. 1500 – c. 133 BCE)

Main article: List of kings of Lydia

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Manes		r. c. 1500 – c. 1425 BCE (≈75 years)	Son of Zeus
Atys		r. c. 1425 – c. 1350 BCE (≈75 years)	Son of Manes
Lydus		r. c. 1350 – c. 1275 BCE (≈75 years)	Son of Atys
Iardanus		r. c. 1275 – c. 1200 BCE (≈75 years)	Unclear succession

Heraclids (c. 1200 – c. 680 BCE)

Main article: Heracleidae

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
Agron		r. c. 1200 – c. 1192 BCE (≈8 years)	Son of Ninus
Unknown		r. c. 1192 – c. 1150 BCE (≈42 years)	Unclear succession
Unknown		r. c. 1150 – c. 1120 BCE (≈30 years)
Unknown		r. c. 1120 – c. 1100 BCE (≈20 years)
Unknown		r. c. 1100 – c. 1070 BCE (≈30 years)
Unknown		r. c. 1070 – c. 1050 BCE (≈20 years)
Unknown		r. c. 1050 – c. 1020 BCE (≈30 years)
Unknown		r. c. 1020 – c. 1000 BCE (≈20 years)
Unknown		r. c. 1000 – c. 970 BCE (≈30 years)
Unknown		r. c. 970 – c. 950 BCE (≈20 years)
Unknown		r. c. 950 – c. 920 BCE (≈30 years)
Unknown		r. c. 920 – c. 900 BCE (≈20 years)
Unknown		r. c. 900 – c. 870 BCE (≈30 years)
Unknown		r. c. 870 – c. 850 BCE (≈20 years)
Unknown		r. c. 850 – c. 820 BCE (≈30 years)
Unknown		r. c. 820 – c. 800 BCE (≈20 years)
Unknown		r. c. 800 – c. 770 BCE (≈30 years)
Unknown		r. c. 770 – c. 750 BCE (≈20 years)
Unknown		r. c. 750 – c. 720 BCE (≈30 years)
Meles		r. c. 720 – c. 700 BCE (≈20 years)
	Candaules	r. c. 700 – c. 687 BCE (≈13 years)	Son of Meles

Mermnads (c. 680 – c. 546 BCE)

Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
	Gyges	r. c. 680 – c. 644 BCE (38 years)	Son of Dascylus d. c. 644 BCE
Ardys		r. c. 644 – c. 637 BCE (7 years)	Son of Gyges d. c. 637 BCE
Sadyattes		r. c. 637 – c. 635 BCE (12 years)	Son of Ardys d. c. 635 BCE
	Alyattes	r. c. 635 – c. 585 BCE (57 years)	Son of Sadyattes d. c. 585 BCE
	Croesus	r. c. 585 – c. 546 BCE (14 years)	Son of Alyattes d. c. 546 BCE

Assuwa (c. 1700 – c. 1000 BCE)

Main article: Assuwa

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