Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I
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Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I was a powerful 14th-century BCE ruler who transformed Assyria into a major regional empire through military expansion and diplomatic engagement with other great Near Eastern powers.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Assyrian king
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Ashur-uballit I
ⓘ
surface form:
Ashur-uballit the First
Ashur-uballit I ⓘ
surface form:
Aššur-uballiṭ I
|
| capital |
Ashur
ⓘ
surface form:
Aššur
|
| century | 14th century BCE ⓘ |
| child | Enlil-nirari ⓘ |
| correspondedWith |
Akhenaten
ⓘ
surface form:
Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten
Amarna ⓘ
surface form:
Egyptian royal court at Amarna
|
| countryRuled | Assyria ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Assyria ⓘ |
| diplomaticTitleClaimed | Great King ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Sargonid dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Adaside dynasty
|
| era |
Middle Assyrian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Assyrian period
|
| father | Eriba-Adad I ⓘ |
| foreignRelations |
Babylon
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
Egypt ⓘ Hittite Empire ⓘ Mitanni ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | founder of Middle Assyrian Empire power ⓘ |
| knownFor |
diplomatic engagement with other Near Eastern great powers
ⓘ
military expansion of Assyria ⓘ transforming Assyria into a major regional power ⓘ |
| language | Akkadian ⓘ |
| mainDeityVenerated | Ashur ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Amarna letters ⓘ |
| militaryAction |
defeated Mitanni influence in northern Mesopotamia
ⓘ
expanded Assyrian control westward and southward ⓘ |
| name | Ashur-uballit I ⓘ |
| policy | asserted equality with other great kings of the Near East ⓘ |
| politicalStatusChange | raised Assyria from vassal status to independent great power ⓘ |
| powerBase |
Ashur
ⓘ
surface form:
city of Aššur
|
| predecessor | Eriba-Adad I ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| reignEnd | circa 1330 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | circa 1365 BCE ⓘ |
| relativeByMarriage | Burna-Buriash II ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Adasi ⓘ |
| sourceType |
cuneiform royal inscriptions
ⓘ
diplomatic correspondence ⓘ |
| spouse | daughter of Burna-Buriash II ⓘ |
| successor | Enlil-nirari ⓘ |
| successorState | Middle Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| title |
King of Assyria
ⓘ
šar māt Aššur ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
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