Early Period of Assyria
| Early Period of Assyria | ||||||||||
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 A map detailing the location of Assyria within the Ancient Near East c. 2500 BCE.
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| Capital | Assur | |||||||||
| Languages | Akkadian language Sumerian language | |||||||||
| Religion | Ancient Mesopotamian religion | |||||||||
| Government | Not specified | |||||||||
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| • | fl. c. 2500 BCE | Tudiya (first) | ||||||||
| • | fl. c. 2025 BCE | Ilu-shuma (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Bronze Age | |||||||||
| • | Established | c. 2500 BCE | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | c. 2025 BCE | ||||||||
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 Iraq
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The Early Period was a period in the history of Assyrian civilization preceding the Old Assyrian Empire. The city-state of Assur, a major Mesopotamian East Semitic-speaking kingdom, existed as an independent state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BCE. The city-state of Assur seems to have fl. c. 2500 BCE. However, it is likely that this Assyrian settlement was initially a Sumerian or Akkadian dominated administrative centers. The dominant Sumerian ruler in Mesopotamia (Eannatum of Lagash, fl. c. 2500 BCE) mentioned "smiting Subartu". Similarly, the King Lugal-Anne-Mundu (fl. c. 2500 BCE) of the Sumerian city-state of Adab listed Subartu as paying tribute to him. Of the early history of Assyria, little is known.
In the Assyrian King List (AKL), the earliest king recorded was Tudiya. According to the Assyriologist Georges Roux, Tudiya would have fl. c. 2450 BCE — c. 2400 BCE. In reports from the archaeological site for the ancient city-state of Ebla, it appeared that Tudiya's activities were confirmed with the discovery of a tablet where he concluded a treaty for the operation of a kārum (an Assyrian trading colony) with "King" Ibrium of Ebla (who is now known to have been the vizier for King Isar-Damu of Ebla) in Eblaite territory. Tudiya was succeeded on the AKL by Adamu and then a further 13 rulers: Yangi, Suhlamu, Harharu, Mandaru, Imsu, Harsu, Didanu, Hana, Zuabu, Nuabu, Abazu, Belu and Azarah. Nothing concrete is yet known about these names, although it has been noted that a much later Babylonian tablet listing the ancestral lineage of the Amorite King Hammurabi of Babylon seems to have copied the same names from Tudiya through Nuabu (though in a heavily corrupted form.)
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