Notable People in History

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life Queen Zibiah of Beersheba, wife of King Ahaziah, and mother of King Jehoash of the Kingdom of Judah.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of King Jehoshaphat, son and successor of King Asa. When King Jehoshaphat died, he was buried in the City of David, then his son Jehoram became king of Judah

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Queen Athaliah, wife of King Jehoram, and the mother of King Ahaziah of the Kingdom of Judah. She was the only female monarch to sit on King David’s throne in history.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of King Asa, son and successor of King Abijam. When King Asa died, he was buried in the City of David, then his son Jehoshaphat became king of Judah.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Queen Azubah. She was the daughter of Shilhi, wife of King Asa, and mother of King Jehoshaphat.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of King Abijam, son of Rehoboam and Maacah. When King Abijam died, he was buried in the City of David, then his son Asa became king of Judah.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Queen Maacah, the wife and cousin of King Rehoboam. She gave birth to King Abijam, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of King Rehoboam, son of King Solomon and Queen Namaah. He became king of the Kingdom of Judah.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Queen Naamah, wife of King Solomon and mother of King Rehoboam of Judah.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of King Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba. He reigned over the entire Kingdom of Israel. When King Solomon died, he was buried in the City of David, then his son Rehoboam, whose mother is Namaah, became king of the Kingdom of Judah.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Tomyris, queen of the Massagetae (c. 530 BC). After she found out about the death of her son, Spargapises, at the hands of Cyrus the Great she led the Massagetean army into war, and, during the battle defeated the Persians and destroyed most of their army.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of King David, son of Jesse of Bethlehem and Saul's youngest son Ishboseth. They were kings of Israel and Judah following King Saul's defeat by the Philistines near Mount Gilboa. 

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Vashti, queen of Persia, and the wife of King Xerxes. She was either executed or banished for her refusal to appear at the king's banquet and succeeded by Queen Esther.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of King Saul, son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin. He reigned for 40-years

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of of Queen Jezebel of the northern kingdom of Israel. Her daughter, Athaliah, was queen of Judah (r. 841–835 BC) and the only female monarch to sit on David’s throne in biblical history. [Link]

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Egyptian priest, Manetho. After the Canaanites were expelled from Egypt, Manetho reports that they wandered the desert before establishing the city of Jerusalem. 

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Queen Artemisia I of the Lygdamid Dynasty of Caria. Plutarch wrote that it was Artemisia who recognised the body of Xerxes' brother, Ariamenes, floating amongst the shipwrecks, and brought the body back to Xerxes.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Pharaoh Thutmose III. His victory at the Battle of Megiddo gave him control of northern Canaan from which he would launch his campaign into Syria to take Kadesh.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of the Oracle of Nuska, with the intent of discerning fact from fiction. 

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of King Lalibela. He commissioned the building of 11 rock-hewn churches to recreate the holy city of Jerusalem in his own kingdom, the Axumite Empire.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Šērūʾa-ēṭirat. She was the eldest daughter of Assyrian King Esarhaddon and the older sister of twins, Ashurbanipal and Šamaš-šuma-ukin, crown princes of Assyria and of Babylonia.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of King Za Besi Angabo, believed to be the founder of the Ag'azyan dynasty and the father of Axumite Queen Makeda

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Queen Naqiya-Zakutu. She was the wife of King Sennacherib, mother of King Esarhaddon, and grandmother of Ashurbanipal of Assyria's final ruling dynasty, the Sargonid Dynasty.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian, Strabo. He is best known for his Geographia, a 17-book work containing history and descriptions of people and places in the world as known to him.

In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of Queen Sammu-Ramat, a powerful queen of the Assyrian Empire born c. 850 BC. Assyria was an ancient empire which stretched from Africa to the Persian Gulf.