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Ashur-uballit I

r. 1365–1330 BCE · 14th century BCE

Ashur-uballit I was king of Assyria from 1365 to 1330 BCE. He freed Assyria from Mitanni domination and established it as a great power, corresponding with the Egyptian pharaoh as an equal. His reign is regarded as the beginning of the Middle Assyrian kingdom and a foundation of the Assyrian Empire.

Ashur-uballit I
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ashur-uballit I. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ashur-uballit-i
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