Ashur-uballit I
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Ashur-uballit I was a powerful 14th-century BCE king of Assyria who transformed it from a vassal state into a major regional empire and established diplomatic ties with other great Near Eastern powers.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ashur-uballit the First | 1 |
| Aššur-uballiṭ I | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Near Eastern ruler
ⓘ
human ⓘ king of Assyria ⓘ |
| assertedIndependenceFrom | Mitanni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Aššur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
14th-century BCE monarchs
ⓘ
Middle Assyrian kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondedWith |
Akhenaten
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amenhotep III NERFINISHED ⓘ Babylonian kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Hittite rulers ⓘ |
| country | Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| daughter | Muballitat-Šerua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| daughterMarried | Burnaburiash II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Adaside dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
military campaigns in northern Mesopotamia
ⓘ
wars against Mitanni ⓘ |
| era | Middle Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expandedTerritoryInto |
Upper Mesopotamia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
regions formerly controlled by Mitanni ⓘ |
| father | Eriba-Adad I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 14th century BCE ⓘ |
| foreignPolicy |
active diplomacy with Babylonia
ⓘ
active diplomacy with Egypt ⓘ active diplomacy with the Hittite Empire ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | laid foundations for later Assyrian imperial expansion ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Amarna letters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ |
| language | Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
engaging in international diplomacy with major Near Eastern powers
ⓘ
establishing Assyria as an independent kingdom ⓘ expanding Assyrian influence in northern Mesopotamia ⓘ transforming Assyria from a vassal state into a major regional power ⓘ |
| patronDeity | Ashur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Ashur-nadin-ahhe II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivedGiftFrom | Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ |
| region | northern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | circa 1330 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | circa 1365 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Assyro-Babylonian polytheism ⓘ |
| sentGiftTo | Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ |
| son | Enlil-nirari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Muballitat-Šerua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Enlil-nirari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
king of the universe
ⓘ
šar māt Aššur ⓘ |
| weakened | Mitanni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ashur-uballit I
this entity surface form:
Aššur-uballiṭ I
subject surface form:
Ashur-uballit I
this entity surface form:
Ashur-uballit the First
subject surface form:
Ashur-uballit I