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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ashur-uballit I canonical 8
Ashur-uballit the First 1
Aššur-uballiṭ I 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern ruler ⓘ
human ⓘ
king of Assyria ⓘ
assertedIndependenceFrom Mitanni ⓘ
capital Aššur ⓘ
linked to: Ashur
category 14th-century BCE monarchs ⓘ
Middle Assyrian kings ⓘ
correspondedWith Akhenaten ⓘ
Amenhotep III ⓘ
Babylonian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Babylon

Hittite rulers ⓘ
country Assyria ⓘ
daughter Muballitat-Šerua ⓘ
daughterMarried Burnaburiash II ⓘ
dynasty Adaside dynasty ⓘ
engagedIn military campaigns in northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
wars against Mitanni ⓘ
era Middle Assyrian period ⓘ
expandedTerritoryInto Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
regions formerly controlled by Mitanni ⓘ
father Eriba-Adad I ⓘ
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 ⓘ
cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
language Akkadian ⓘ
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 ⓘ
positionHeld King of Assyria ⓘ
predecessor Ashur-nadin-ahhe II ⓘ
receivedGiftFrom Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
region northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia
reignEnd circa 1330 BCE ⓘ
reignStart circa 1365 BCE ⓘ
religion Assyro-Babylonian polytheism ⓘ
sentGiftTo Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
son Enlil-nirari ⓘ
spouse Muballitat-Šerua ⓘ
successor Enlil-nirari ⓘ
title king of the universe ⓘ
šar māt Aššur ⓘ
weakened Mitanni ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ashur-uballit I → name → Ashur-uballit I ⓘ
subject linked to: Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I
Ashur-uballit I → alternativeName → Aššur-uballiṭ I ⓘ
subject linked to: Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I
linked to: Ashur-uballit I
Ashur-uballit I → alternativeName → Ashur-uballit the First ⓘ
subject linked to: Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I
linked to: Ashur-uballit I
Middle Assyrian Empire → expandedUnder → Ashur-uballit I ⓘ
Eriba-Adad I → successor → Ashur-uballit I ⓘ
House of Adasi → hasMember → Ashur-uballit I ⓘ
House of Adasi → hasNotableMember → Ashur-uballit I ⓘ
Enlil-nirari → predecessor → Ashur-uballit I ⓘ
Enlil-nirari → father → Ashur-uballit I ⓘ
Adaside dynasty → hasMember → Ashur-uballit I ⓘ