Middle Assyrian Empire
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The Middle Assyrian Empire was a powerful Late Bronze Age Mesopotamian state centered on Assur that expanded across northern Mesopotamia and the Near East, laying foundations for the later Neo-Assyrian Empire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Middle Assyrian Empire canonical | 8 |
| Middle Assyrian period | 3 |
| Middle Assyrian Kingdom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8255968 — 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: Middle Assyrian Empire Context triple: [Upper Mesopotamia, historicallyRuledBy, Middle Assyrian Empire]
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Middle Assyrian
Middle Assyrian is a historical dialect of the Akkadian language used in Assyria during the late second millennium BCE, notable from administrative, legal, and literary cuneiform texts.
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Old Assyrian Empire
The Old Assyrian Empire was an early Bronze Age Mesopotamian state centered on the city of Aššur, known for its extensive long-distance trade networks and foundational role in Assyrian political and cultural development.
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Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state, traditionally considered the world’s first empire, that unified various Sumerian and Semitic-speaking cities under a centralized rule in the late 3rd millennium BCE.
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Old Babylonian Empire
The Old Babylonian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state centered on the city of Babylon, reaching its peak under King Hammurabi in the 18th century BCE and becoming a major political and cultural power in the region.
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Neo-Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian is a later dialect of the Akkadian language used in the Neo-Assyrian Empire for administration, literature, and inscriptions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Middle Assyrian Empire Target entity description: The Middle Assyrian Empire was a powerful Late Bronze Age Mesopotamian state centered on Assur that expanded across northern Mesopotamia and the Near East, laying foundations for the later Neo-Assyrian Empire.
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Middle Assyrian
Middle Assyrian is a historical dialect of the Akkadian language used in Assyria during the late second millennium BCE, notable from administrative, legal, and literary cuneiform texts.
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B.
Old Assyrian Empire
The Old Assyrian Empire was an early Bronze Age Mesopotamian state centered on the city of Aššur, known for its extensive long-distance trade networks and foundational role in Assyrian political and cultural development.
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C.
Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state, traditionally considered the world’s first empire, that unified various Sumerian and Semitic-speaking cities under a centralized rule in the late 3rd millennium BCE.
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Old Babylonian Empire
The Old Babylonian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state centered on the city of Babylon, reaching its peak under King Hammurabi in the 18th century BCE and becoming a major political and cultural power in the region.
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Neo-Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian is a later dialect of the Akkadian language used in the Neo-Assyrian Empire for administration, literature, and inscriptions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age state
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Mesopotamian polity ⓘ historical empire ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCulture | Middle Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Assur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Babylonia
NERFINISHED
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Hittite Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitanni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| currency | silver by weight ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 934 BC ⓘ |
| era |
Early Iron Age
NERFINISHED
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Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| expandedUnder |
Adad-nirari I
NERFINISHED
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Ashur-uballit I NERFINISHED ⓘ Shalmaneser I NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiglath-Pileser I NERFINISHED ⓘ Tukulti-Ninurta I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Old Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasCapitalCity | Assur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChronologicalPosition | middle phase of Assyrian history ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Middle Assyrian Laws
NERFINISHED
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development of Assyrian imperial administration ⓘ laying foundations for the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ military expansion in northern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| language |
Akkadian
NERFINISHED
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Assyrian dialect of Akkadian ⓘ |
| legalCode | Middle Assyrian Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Near East
NERFINISHED
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Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Iraq
NERFINISHED
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Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Arbela
NERFINISHED
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Assur NERFINISHED ⓘ Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Assyrian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronDeity | Ashur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorState | Old Assyrian city-state of Assur ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 1392 BC ⓘ |
| stateReligion | cult of the god Ashur ⓘ |
| successorState | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncluded |
Zagros foothills
NERFINISHED
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northern Mesopotamia ⓘ parts of the Levant ⓘ upper Tigris region ⓘ |
| usedTitleForRuler | šar māt Aššur (king of the land of Assur) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform script ⓘ |
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Subject: Middle Assyrian Empire Description of subject: The Middle Assyrian Empire was a powerful Late Bronze Age Mesopotamian state centered on Assur that expanded across northern Mesopotamia and the Near East, laying foundations for the later Neo-Assyrian Empire.
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