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unusual facts about King of Assyria



Naram-Suen of Eshnunna

He may or may not be the same person as a contemporaneous King of Assyria named Naram-Suen.


see also

Amorite

Some time later, the most powerful rulers in Mesopotamia (immediately preceding the rise of Hammurabi of Babylon) were Shamshi-Adad I and Ishme-Dagan of Assyria, also regarded as Amorites, although Shamshi-Adad I claims decendancy from the native Akkadian king of Assyria Ushpia in the Assyrian King List.

Assyrian captivity of Israel

Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.

Criasus

According to Eusebius, Criasus reigned at the same time as Saphrus reigned as the fourteenth king of Assyria, and Orthopolis as the twelfth king of Sicyon.

Death of Sardanapalus

Death of Sardanapalus is based on the tale of Sardanapalus, the last king of Assyria, from the historical library of Diodorus Siculus, the ancient Greek historian, and is a work of the era of Romanticism.

MMST

:After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem...

Shamshi-Adad

Shamshi-Adad IV, King of Assyria, 1054/3–1050 BC, the 91st to be listed on the Assyrian Kinglist.

Tiglath-Pileser

Tiglath-Pileser III, or Tiglath-Pileser IV, king of Assyria from 745 to 727 BC