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Shalmaneser I

r. c. 1273–1244 BCE · 13th century BCE

Shalmaneser I was a king of Assyria in the thirteenth century BCE. He suppressed rebellions in the Mitanni rump state, also called Hanigalbat. Under Assyrian kings the region was fully annexed by c. 1250 BCE.

Shalmaneser I
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