Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 According to the annals of Shalmaneser I , discovered at Assur Assur An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria just south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq , in his first year he conquered eight countries in the north west and destroyed the fortress of Arinnu , the dust of which he brought to Assur . Category Assyrian geography ... more details
Image KingshalmaneserI.jpg thumb 250ppx King Shalmaneser I, pouring out Dust of a Conquered City in front of an Assyrian Temple after returning victorious. Shalmaneser I Shulmanu asharedu ref The names means the god Shulmanu is preeminent Georges Roux, Ancient Iraq Penguin, 3rd ed., 1992 , p. 295. ref 1274 BC 1245 BC or 1265 BC 1235 BC was a king of Assyria . Son of Adad nirari I , he succeeded his father as king in 1265 BC. According to his annals, discovered at Assur , in his first year he conquered eight countries in the northwest and destroyed the fortress of Arinnu , the dust of which he brought to Assur. In his second year he defeated Shattuara , king of Hanilgalbat , and his Hittites Hittite and Ahlamu allies. He incorporated the remains of the Mittani kingdom as part of one of the Assyrian provinces. Shalmaneser I also claimed to have blinding blinded 14,400 enemy prisoners in one eye. He was one of the first Assyrian kings who was known to deport his defeated enemies to various lands rather than simply slaughtering them all. He conquered the whole country from Taidu to Irridu, from Mount Kashiar to Eluhat, and from the fortresses of Sudu and Harranu to Carchemish on the Euphrates . He built palaces at Assur and Nineveh , restored the world temple at Assur, and founded the city of Nimrud . He was succeeded by his son Tukulti Ninurta I . Limmu Officials by Year Annual limmu officials beginning with the year of accession of ulmanu a ared. The list is partly derived from Freydank ref Helmut Freydank, AoF 3 2005 , 45 56. ref and McIntyre. ref http www.webcitation.org query?url http www.geocities.com farfarer2001 eponyms shalmaneser 1 shalmaneser1 summary.html&date 2009 10 25 22 04 04 Eponyms of Shalmaneser 1 Summary Bot generated title ref The exact order of the earliest limmus is conjectural but the ordering from erriya onwards is essentially fixed. 1265 Adad umu le ir son of Sin a ared br 1264 ulmanu a ared king br 1263 Mu ab iu ibitti br 1262 Ber umu id ... more details
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