Ashur-resh-ishi I
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Ashur-resh-ishi I was King of Assyria
from 1133 to 1115 BC. He succeeded his father, Mutakkil-Nusku
, and was succeeded by his son Tiglath-Pileser I
.
As the Hittite empire collapsed from the onslaught of the Phrygians (called Mushki
in Assyrian annals), Babylon and Assyria began to vie for Amorite
regions (in modern Syria
), formerly under firm Hittite control. When their forces encountered one another in this region, the Assyrian king Ashur-resh-ishi I met and defeated Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon on a number of occasions. Ashur-resh-ishi I then invaded and annexed Hittite controlled lands.
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
from 1133 to 1115 BC. He succeeded his father, Mutakkil-Nusku
Mutakkil-Nusku
Mutakkil-Nusku was King of Assyria briefly in 1133 BC. The son of Ashur-dan I, Mutakkil-Nusku usurped the throne from his brother, Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur, apparently only shortly after their father's death. Mutakkil-Nusku died soon after this act of usurpation, leaving the throne to his son,...
, and was succeeded by his son Tiglath-Pileser I
Tiglath-Pileser I
Tiglath-Pileser I was a king of Assyria during the Middle Assyrian period . According to Georges Roux, Tiglath-Pileser was "one of the two or three great Assyrian monarchs since the days of Shamshi-Adad I"...
.
As the Hittite empire collapsed from the onslaught of the Phrygians (called Mushki
Mushki
The Mushki were an Iron Age people of Anatolia, known from Assyrian sources. They do not appear in Hittite records. Several authors have connected them with the Moschoi of Greek sources and the Georgian tribe of the Meskhi. Josephus Flavius identified the Moschoi with the Biblical Meshech...
in Assyrian annals), Babylon and Assyria began to vie for Amorite
Amorite
Amorite refers to an ancient Semitic people who occupied large parts of Mesopotamia from the 21st Century BC...
regions (in modern Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
), formerly under firm Hittite control. When their forces encountered one another in this region, the Assyrian king Ashur-resh-ishi I met and defeated Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon on a number of occasions. Ashur-resh-ishi I then invaded and annexed Hittite controlled lands.