Tukulti-Ninurta I (meaning: "my trust is in [the warrior god]
NinurtaNinurta in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology was the god of Nippur, identified with Ningirsu with whom he may always have been identical...
"; reigned 1243–1207 BC) was a king of
AssyriaAssyria was a civilization centered on the Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times in history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
.
He succeeded
Shalmaneser IShalmaneser I was a king of Assyria.Son of Adad-nirari I, he succeeded his father as king in 1265 BC....
, his father, as king and won a major victory against the Hittites at the
Battle of NihriyaThe Battle of Nihriya was the culminating point of the hostilities between Hittites and Assyrians for control over the remnants of the former empire of Mitanni....
in the first half of his reign. Tukulti-Ninurta I later defeated Kashtiliash IV, the
KassiteThe Kassites were an ancient Near Eastern tribe who gained control of Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire after ca. 1531 BC to ca. 1155 BC . Their language is classified as an isolate.-History:...
king and captured the rival city of
BabylonBabylon was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...
to ensure full Assyrian supremacy over Mesopotamia.
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Tukulti-Ninurta I (meaning: "my trust is in [the warrior god]
NinurtaNinurta in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology was the god of Nippur, identified with Ningirsu with whom he may always have been identical...
"; reigned 1243–1207 BC) was a king of
AssyriaAssyria was a civilization centered on the Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times in history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
.
He succeeded
Shalmaneser IShalmaneser I was a king of Assyria.Son of Adad-nirari I, he succeeded his father as king in 1265 BC....
, his father, as king and won a major victory against the Hittites at the
Battle of NihriyaThe Battle of Nihriya was the culminating point of the hostilities between Hittites and Assyrians for control over the remnants of the former empire of Mitanni....
in the first half of his reign. Tukulti-Ninurta I later defeated Kashtiliash IV, the
KassiteThe Kassites were an ancient Near Eastern tribe who gained control of Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire after ca. 1531 BC to ca. 1155 BC . Their language is classified as an isolate.-History:...
king and captured the rival city of
BabylonBabylon was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad...
to ensure full Assyrian supremacy over Mesopotamia. Kashtiliash IV was captured and deported to Assyria. After a rebellion in Babylon, he plundered Babylon's temples, and later began to build a new city, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta. However, his sons rebelled against him and besieged him in his new city. During the siege, he was murdered. One of them,
Ashur-nadin-apliAshur-nadin-apli was an Assyrian king. The name of the king meant “the god Ashur has given a son” in the Akkadian language. He was the son of the mighty king Tukulti-Ninurta I. Assyria lost much of its power during his reign....
, would succeed him on the throne.
After his death, the Assyrian Empire fell into decline. The
Tukulti-Ninurta EpicTukulti-Ninurta Epic is an Assyrian epic, written in the Akkadian language that describes and glorifies the wars and conquests of the Assyrian King Tukulti-Ninurta I against Kashtiliash IV, King of the Kassites....
describes the war between Tukulti-Ninurta I and Kashtiliash IV.
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