Editing Rabshakeh (section)

[[File:Rabshakeh by William Brassey.jpg|thumb|Rabshakeh ilustration, by [[William Brassey Hole]]]]
'''Rabshakeh''' ([[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]: 𒃲𒁉𒈜𒈨𒌍 ''rab šāqê'' [GAL.BI.LUL.MEŠ]; {{hebrew name|רַבְשָׁקֵה|Ravšaqē|Raḇšāqē}}; {{langx|grc|Ραψακης}} ''Rapsakēs''; {{langx|la|Rabsaces}}; {{langx|aii|ܪܲܒ݂ܫܵܩܹ̈ܐ}}; alternative spellings include '''Rab-shakeh''', '''Rabsaces''', or '''Rab shaqe''') is a title meaning "chief of the princes/cup-bearers" in the Semitic Akkadian and Aramaic languages. The title was given to the chief [[cup-bearer]] or the [[vizier]] of the [[Akkadian Empire|Akkadian]], [[Assyria]]n and [[Babylonia]]n royal courts in ancient [[Mesopotamia]],<ref>{{cite book |first=A. Leo |last=Oppenheim |author-link=A. Leo Oppenheim |year=1964 |title=Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization |url=https://archive.org/details/ancientmesopotam00aleo |editor-last=Reiner |editor-first=Erica |editor-link=Erica Reiner |publisher=[[The University of Chicago Press]] |isbn=9780226631875 |url-access=registration }}</ref> and revived by the [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] as a military rank during [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Len |last=Deighton |author-link=Len Deighton |title=[[Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II]] |publisher=[[Jonathan Cape]] |isbn=006017000X |oclc=29292722 |pages=672 |year=1993}}</ref>