Assyrian kings: Sennacherib, Sargon II, Tiglath-Pileser III, Shalmaneser III, Shalmaneser IV, List of Assyrian kings, Ashurbanipal, Nabonidus, Esarhaddon, Ashurnasirpal II, Shamshi-Adad I, Ashur-uballit I, Sinsharishkun, Ashur-etil-ilani

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Chapters: Sennacherib, Sargon II, Tiglath-Pileser III, Shalmaneser III, Shalmaneser IV, List of Assyrian kings, Ashurbanipal, Nabonidus, Esarhaddon, Ashurnasirpal II, Shamshi-Adad I, Ashur-uballit I, Sinsharishkun, Ashur-etil-ilani, Ashur-uballit II, Adad-nirari II, Shalmaneser V, Adad-nirari III, Tukulti-Ninurta I, Ikunum, Shamshi-Adad V, Ashur-nadin-ahhe II, Puzur-Ashur II, Ashur-nirari V, Sin-shumu-lishir, Ashur-dan III, Ashur-rabi II, Ishme-Dagan I, Ninurta-apal-Ekur, Erishum I, Ashur-nirari III, Tiglath-Pileser IV, Ashur-bel-kala, Enlil-kudurri-usur, Eriba-Adad I, Tukulti-Ninurta II, Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur, Asharid-apal-Ekur, Ashur-resh-ishi II, Enlil-nirari, Yasmah-Adad, Ashur-nadin-apli, Ilu-shuma, Arik-den-ili, Assur-danin-pal, Eriba-Adad II, Mutakkil-Nusku, Akizzi, Ashur-nirari IV, Shamshi-Adad IV, Ashur-rim-nisheshu, Ashur-bel-nisheshu, Erishum II, Enlil-nasir I, Nur-ili, Hayani, Shamshi-Adad III, Sulili, Nevruz, Zulilu. Excerpt: The list of Assyrian kings is compiled from the Assyrian King List, an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia (modern northern Iraq) with information added from recent archaeological findings. The Assyrian King List includes regnal lengths that appear to have been based on now lost limmu lists (which list the names of eponymous officials for each year). These regnal lengths accord well with Hittite, Babylonian and ancient Egyptian king lists and with the archaeological record, and are considered reliable for the age. The Assyrian King List is not merely a list of kings of Assyria, but is a very specific document recorded in several ancient locations, related to the ancient Sumerian King List, and sometimes considered a continuation of it. There are three extant versions of the King List, and two fragments. They date to the early first millennium BC¿the oldest, List A, stopping at Tiglath-Pileser II (ca. 967¿935 BC) and the youngest, List C, at Shalmaneser V (727¿722 BC). Assyriologists believe the list was originally compiled to link Shamshi-Adad I (fl. ca. 1700 BC (short)), an Amorite who had conquered Assur, to the native rulers of the land of Assur. Scribes then copied the List and added to it over time. Assyrian kings only ruled over Babylonia. No regnal lengths are given for kings before Erishum I. This section shows marked similarities to the ancestors of the first Babylonian dynasty. "altogether 17 kings, tent dwellers." These list the ancestors of Shamshi-Adad I. "altogether 10 kings whose fathers are (known)." These are early rulers of Assur. "altogether 6 kings (whose names were written on?) bricks whose eponyms are (not known?)." Damage to the tablets in all three extant King Lists before Enlil-nasir II (ca. 1420¿1415 BC (short)) prevents the calculation of approximate regnal dates from Erishum I to this point. Additionally, three kings attested elsewhere from this period are not included in the standard King List. The remainder of the King List then has