Ashurnasirpal I
king of Assyria
Years: 1065BCE - 1031BCE
Ashurnasirpal I is king of Assyria from 1050 BCE to 1031 BCE.
Ashurnasirpal rules during a troubled period of Assyrian history, marked by famine and war with nomads from the deserts to the west.
He succeeded his father Shamshi-Adad IV and was succeeded by his son Shalmaneser II.
He was also the father of a later king, Ashur-rabi II.
