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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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