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.

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

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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

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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