Assyria loses its independence to a dynasty…

1737 BCE to 1726 BCE

Assyria loses its independence to a dynasty of Amorite descent from Terqa, a city near Mari, on the Euphrates River, when a member of this dynasty conquers Assyria and reigns from around 1740 BCE as Shamshi-Adad I, his kingdom extending from the Euphrates to the Zagros Mountains.

The capital of this Old Assyrian kingdom, called Shubat-Enlil, is founded some distance from Urkesh at another Hurrian settlement in the Khabur River valley, modern Tell Leilan.

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Shubat Enlil > Tell Leilan Al-Hasakah Syria View →

People
Shamshi-Adad I View →

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Mesopotamia View → Amorites View → Ashur, or “Assyria, (Old) Kingdom of” View →

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Subboreal Period View → Middle Bronze Age II B (Near and Middle East) View →

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