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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1930747 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I Context triple: [Ashur, reconqueredBy, Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I]
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A.
Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III was a powerful 8th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his military conquests, administrative reforms, and expansion of the Assyrian Empire across the Near East.
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B.
Ashurnasirpal II
Ashurnasirpal II was a powerful 9th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his military conquests, administrative reforms, and monumental building projects, including the royal palace at Kalhu (Nimrud).
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C.
Shalmaneser V
Shalmaneser V was a Neo-Assyrian king in the late 8th century BCE, best known for his military campaigns in the Levant and the siege of Samaria that led to the fall of the Kingdom of Israel.
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D.
Shalmaneser III
Shalmaneser III was a powerful 9th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his extensive military campaigns, monumental building projects, and detailed royal inscriptions such as the Black Obelisk.
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E.
Esarhaddon
Esarhaddon was a 7th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for rebuilding Babylon and expanding Assyrian power into Egypt and the Levant.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I Target entity description: 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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A.
Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III was a powerful 8th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his military conquests, administrative reforms, and expansion of the Assyrian Empire across the Near East.
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B.
Ashurnasirpal II
Ashurnasirpal II was a powerful 9th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his military conquests, administrative reforms, and monumental building projects, including the royal palace at Kalhu (Nimrud).
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C.
Shalmaneser V
Shalmaneser V was a Neo-Assyrian king in the late 8th century BCE, best known for his military campaigns in the Levant and the siege of Samaria that led to the fall of the Kingdom of Israel.
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D.
Shalmaneser III
Shalmaneser III was a powerful 9th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for his extensive military campaigns, monumental building projects, and detailed royal inscriptions such as the Black Obelisk.
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E.
Esarhaddon
Esarhaddon was a 7th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king known for rebuilding Babylon and expanding Assyrian power into Egypt and the Levant.
- F. None of above. chosen
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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Subject: Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I Description of subject: 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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