Ashur-bel-kala
Sign in to saveAššūr-bēl-kala, inscribed maš-šur-EN-ka-la (meaning "Aššur is lord of all"), was the king of Assyria in 1074/3–1056 BC, the 89th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist. He was the son of Tiglath-Pileser I, succeeded his brother Asharid-apal-Ekur who had briefly preceded him, and he ruled for 18 years He was the last king of the Middle Assyrian Empire, and his later reign was preoccupied with a revolution against his rule led by one Tukulti-Mer, which, by the end of his reign, allowed hordes of Arameans to press in on Assyria's western borders and Assyria lose control of much of the territory it ha
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- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Norway
- Active from
- 1985
Discography
- White-Out Conditions1987
- Birds of Passage1989
- Dreaming Girl (USA Remix)1989
- Shimmering, Warm & Bright1992
- Unicorn1992
- Rumour1996
- Magic Box1996
- Rush / Images1998
- Dorothy's Victory2002
- Radiant Green2024
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Ashur-bel-kala
- Royalty.reign
- 1074–1056 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Asharid-apal-Ekur
- Royalty.successor
- Eriba-Adad II
- Royalty.father
- Tiglath-Pileser I
- Royalty.spouse
- Babylonian princess, daughter of Adad-apla-iddina
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Middle Assyrian Empire
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Assyrian Empire
- Child
- Eriba-Adad II
- Father
- Tiglath-Pileser I
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Image
- The only known Assyrian statue of a naked woman, erected at the temple of Ishtar in Nineveh, during the reign of Ashur-bel-kala, 1073-1056 BCE. Currently housed in the British Museum, London.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1200-01-01
- date of death
- 1056-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Broken Obelisk
- Building works and zoo
- Relations with Babylonia
- Inscriptions
- References
- Further reading
Aššūr-bēl-kala, inscribed maš-šur-EN-ka-la (meaning "Aššur is lord of all"), was the king of Assyria in 1074/3–1056 BC, the 89th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist. He was the son of Tiglath-Pileser I, succeeded his brother Asharid-apal-Ekur who had briefly preceded him, and he ruled for 18 years He was the last king of the Middle Assyrian Empire, and his later reign was preoccupied with a revolution against his rule led by one Tukulti-Mer, which, by the end of his reign, allowed hordes of Arameans to press in on Assyria's western borders and Assyria lose control of much of the territory it had hitherto controlled or dominated in Babylonia, Anatolia, Levant and Ancient Iran. He is perhaps best known for his zoological and botanical collections.
==Biography==
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