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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Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I canonical 1

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instanceOf Assyrian king ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alternativeName Ashur-uballit the First ⓘ
linked to: Ashur-uballit I

Aššur-uballiṭ I ⓘ
linked to: Ashur-uballit I
capital Aššur ⓘ
linked to: Ashur
century 14th century BCE ⓘ
child Enlil-nirari ⓘ
correspondedWith Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten ⓘ
linked to: Akhenaten

Egyptian royal court at Amarna ⓘ
linked to: Amarna
countryRuled Assyria ⓘ
deathPlace Assyria ⓘ
diplomaticTitleClaimed Great King ⓘ
dynasty Adaside dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Sargonid dynasty
era Middle Assyrian period ⓘ
father Eriba-Adad I ⓘ
foreignRelations Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

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 city of Aššur ⓘ
linked to: Ashur
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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Ashur → reconqueredBy → Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I ⓘ