Assyria gains its independence following a period…

Assyria gains its independence following a period of rule by dynasties from southern Mesopotamia.

The first inscriptions of Assyrian rulers appear in the late twenty-first century BCE, at which time Assyria consists of a number of city states and small Semitic Akkadian kingdoms.

The foundation of the first true urbanized Assyrian monarchy is traditionally ascribed to Ushpia, a contemporary of Ishbi-Erra of Larsa, circa 1930 BCE.

He is succeeded in succession by Apiashal, Sulili, Kikkiya and Akiya of whom nothing is known.