Ashur Timeline

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2334 BCE - 2279 BCE

Reign of Sargon of Akkad, Akkadian outpost build at site of future city of Ashur.
1900 BCE

Ashur, capial of Assyria, is founded.
1813 BCE - 1791 BCE

Reign of Shamashi Adad I, Ashur flourishes.
1792 BCE - 1750 BCE

Reign of Hammurabi of Babylon, Ashur becomes vassal state.
c. 1740 BCE - c. 1350 BCE

Ashur is vassal state of the Kingdom of Mitanni.
1353 BCE - 1318 BCE

King Ashur-Ubalit I frees Assyria from Mitanni rule.
1307 BCE - 1275 BCE

Adad Nirari I conquers Hittites, Ashur is capital of Assyrian Empire.
1244 BCE - 1208 BCE

Reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I, Ashur renovated. Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta built across from city.
1115 BCE - 1076 BCE

Reign of Tiglath Pileser I who issues law code from Ashur.
912 BCE - 891 BCE

Ashur prospers under the reign of Adad Nirari II.
884 BCE - 859 BCE

Reign of Ashurnasirpal II, capital moved from Ashur to Kalhu (Nimrud).
c. 879 BCE - c. 627 BCE

Ashur remains an important spiritual center for Assyria, though no longer the capital.
612 BCE

Ashur destroyed by fire in the sack of the Assyrian cities by Medes, Persians, and Babylonians.