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    Shamshi-Adad V (Akkadian: Šamši-Adad) was the King of Assyria from 824 to 811 BC. He was named after the god Adad, who is also known as Hadad. Shamshi-Adad...
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  • Shamshi-Adad may refer to: Shamshi-Adad I, (fl. late 18th century BC (short chronology) was an ancient Near East king. Shamshi-Adad II, an Old Assyrian...
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  • Shamshi-Adad IV, inscribed mdšam-ši-dIM, was the king of Assyria, 1054/3–1050 BC, the 91st to be listed on the Assyrian Kinglist. He was a son of Tiglath-Pileser...
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    consort of the king Shamshi-Adad V (r. 824–811 BC), Shammuramat reached an unusually prominent position in the reign of her son Adad-nirari III (r. 811–783...
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    Assyria from 811 to 783 BC. Adad-nīrārī was a son and successor of king Shamshi-Adad V, and was apparently quite young at the time of his accession, because...
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  • Shamshi-Adad II or Šamši-Adad II, inscribed m(d)Šam-ši-dIM, was an Old Assyrian king who ruled in the mid-second millennium BC, c. 1585–1580 BC. His reign...
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  • Shamshi-Adad III was the King of Assyria from c. 1563 BC to 1548 BC. He was the son of Ishme-Dagan II. He is known from an inscription where he reports...
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    The Stela of Shamshi-Adad V is a large Assyrian monolith erected during the reign of Shamshi-Adad V. The stela was discovered in the mid nineteenth century...
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    has been proposed.[citation needed] An identification with Shamshi-Adad I, Shamshi-Adad V, and/or a conflation of the two have also been suggested. Many...
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  • Dido (traditional date). 811 BC: Adad-nirari III succeeds his father Shamshi-Adad V as king of Assyria. 804 BC: Adad-nirari III of Assyria conquers Damascus...
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    Originally it was assumed that the list was first written in the time of Shamshi-Adad I c. 1800 BC but it now is considered to date from much later, probably...
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    war continued for two years; but the rebellion was at last crushed by Shamshi-Adad V, another son of Shalmaneser. Shalmaneser died soon afterwards. Despite...
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    Assyrian wife of Shamshi-Adad V (ruled 824 BC–811 BC). She ruled the Neo-Assyrian Empire as its regent for five years, before her son Adad-nirari III came...
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  • Adad-nīrārī II (also spelled Adad-nērārī, which means "Adad (the storm god) is my help") reigned from 911 BCE to 891 BCE. He was the first King of Assyria...
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  • 2025 BC) as he was deposed and the throne of Assyria was usurped by Shamshi-Adad I during the expansion of the Amorite tribes from the Khabur River delta...
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  • the city was captured by the foreign Amorite conqueror Shamshi Adad I in c. 1808 BC. Shamshi-Adad ruled from the city Shubat-Enlil and established a short-lived...
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    ascending the throne while Shamshi-Adad advanced and annexed Mari. Shamshi-Adad (r. 1809-1775 BC) appointed his son Yasmah-Adad on the throne of Mari, the...
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    With the exception of Shamshi-Adad V, the title was only used by Neo-Assyrian rulers who actually controlled Babylon. Shamshi-Adad V (r. 824–811 BC) Tiglath-Pileser...
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    1899 BC Abia son of Šu-Dagan 1898 BC Salia son of Šabakuranum 1897 BC Ibni-Adad son of Baqqunum 1896 BC Aḫmarši son of Malkum-išar 1895 BC Sukkalia son of...
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    Empire during the reigns of Shamshi-Adad V (822–811 BC), Adad-nirari III (810–782 BC), Queen Semiramis (810–806 BC), Adad-nirari III (806–782 BC), Shalmaneser...
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    most notably including the former capital of Assur. Shamshi-Adad acceded to the throne as Shamshi-Adad V, perhaps initially a minor and a puppet of Dayyan-Assur...
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  • power that dominated the Mediterranean Sea. 811 BC—Adad-nirari III succeeds his father Shamshi-Adad V as king of Assyria. Homer, semi-mythological Greek...
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    was the first king of the Middle Assyrian Empire. After his father Eriba-Adad I had broken Mitanni influence over Assyria, Ashur-uballit I's defeat of...
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  • Ipqi-Ishtar (?) Adad-salulu (?) Adasi (?) Bel-bani Libaya Sharma-Adad I Iptar-Sin Bazaya Lullaya Shu-Ninua Sharma-Adad II Erishum III Shamshi-Adad II Ishme-Dagan...
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    BC—Death of Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria. He is succeeded by his son Shamshi-Adad V. 821 BC—Xiong Xun, youngest brother of Xiong Shuang, ascends the throne...
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    SHALMANESER III (r. 859-824 BC) Ashur-danin-pal SHAMSHI-ADAD V (r. 824-811 BC), m. Shammuramat ADAD-NIRARI III (r.811-783 BC) SHALMANESER IV (r. 783-773...
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  • military victories, Adad-nārārī pronounced himself šar kiššati, "king of the universe," in imitation of his ancient predecessor Shamshi-Adad I, and impertinently...
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  • based on the historical Shammuramat, queen consort of Shamshi-Adad V and regent for her son Adad-nirari III. During the reign of Semiramis, the beautiful...
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    884 BCE. He was the second king of the Neo Assyrian Empire. His father was Adad-nirari II, the first king of the Neo-Assyrian period. Tukulti-Ninurta consolidated...
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    Eriba-Adad, inscribed mSU-dIM or mSU-d10 ("[the god] Adad has replaced"), was king of Assyria from c. 1390 BC to 1364 BC. His father had been the earlier...
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