Puzur-Sin
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Puzur-Sin was an Assyrian
vice regent who according to the Assyrian King List was responsible for driving out Asinum
the Amorite
vassal king of the Babylonians from Assyria, and allowing the native Ashur-dugul to seize the throne.
A period of civil war followed this event which ended Babylonian and Amorite
influence in Assyria by 1720 BC.
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...
vice regent who according to the Assyrian King List was responsible for driving out Asinum
Asinum
Asinum was an Assyrian king, grandson of Shamshi-Adad I, driven out by vice-regent Puzur-Sin because he was of Amorite extraction; not included in the standard King List, but attested in Puzur-Suen's inscription...
the Amorite
Amorite
Amorite refers to an ancient Semitic people who occupied large parts of Mesopotamia from the 21st Century BC...
vassal king of the Babylonians from Assyria, and allowing the native Ashur-dugul to seize the throne.
A period of civil war followed this event which ended Babylonian and Amorite
Amorite
Amorite refers to an ancient Semitic people who occupied large parts of Mesopotamia from the 21st Century BC...
influence in Assyria by 1720 BC.