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Also Known As Herod the Great • Herodes Magnus
Born 73 BCE
Died March 4 BCE or April 4 BCE • Jericho
Title / Office king (37BC-4BC), Judaea
Founder Samaria
Notable Family Members spouse Mariamne • son Antipater • son Philip

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Zerubbabel
governor of Judaea
Herod Agrippa I
Herod Agrippa I
king of Judaea
Herod Agrippa II
king of Chalcis
John Hyrcanus II
king of Judaea
Philip
king of Judaea
John Hyrcanus I
king of Judaea
Herod Archelaus
king of Judaea
Manasseh
king of Judah
Aristobulus II
king of Judaea
Aristobulus I
king of Judaea
José Benito Churriguera
Spanish architect
Andrés Duany
American architect
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
American architect
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
American industrialist
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Daniel H. Burnham.
Daniel Burnham
American architect
Alvar Aalto.
Alvar Aalto
Finnish architect
Inigo Jones
English architect and artist
ʿAbbās I
ʿAbbās I
Ṣafavid shah of Persia
Bas-relief depicting the founding Assyrian king of Nineveh, Sennacherib
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