Tukulti-Ninurta I
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Tukulti-Ninurta I was a king of Assyria. (reigned 1243 BC – 1207 BC)
He succeeded Shalmaneser I, his father, as king. Tukulti-Ninurta I defeated Kashtiliash IV, the Kassite king in Babylon, capturing the city. Kashtiliash IV was captured and deported to Assyria. After a rebellion in Babylon, he plundered Babylon's temples, and later began to build a new city, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta. However, his sons rebelled against him and besieged him in his new city. During the siege, he was murdered. His son Ashur-nadin-apli succeeded him on the throne.
He expanded his influence toward the southeast, to what is now the Persian Gulf, and toward Armenia on the northeast. After his death, the Assyrian Empire began to decline.
The Tukulti-Ninurta Epic describes the war between Tukulti-Ninurta I and Kashtiliash IV.
| Preceded by Shalmaneser I |
King of Assyria 1233 BC–1196 BC |
Succeeded by Ashur-nadin-apli |
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