Chronology of Foreign Kings (source: NIV Study Bible)
[All dates B.B., for a more detailed list of these kings, go to http://www.biblestudy.org/prophecy/empire-history.html]

Assyria
Tiglath-Pileser III (also known as Pul)
Shalmaneser V
Sargon II
Sennacharib
Esarhaddob
Ashurbanipal

 
745-727
727-722
721-705
705-681
681-669
669-627

Babylonia
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nabonidus
Belshazzar


 
605-562
556-539
553-539
(co-regent with Nabonidus)

Persia
Cyrus the Great
Cambyses
Darius I the Great
XerXes (Ahasuerus)
Artaxerxes I
Darius II
 
559-530
530-522
522-486
486-465
465-424
423-404