Ruler · 1001 – 859 BCE

Ashurnasirpal II

Lived 1001 – 859 BCE. King of Assyria (Assyria), 884 BCE – 859 BCE; also in the line of Neo-Assyrian Empire.

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Lived: 1001 BCE – 859 BCE; 142 years
In office: 25 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

King of Assyria

Assyria · the 54th of 72 dated reigns · 2026 BCE – 609 BCE

50 before

Ashur-dan II935 BCE – 912 BCE

Adad-nirari II911 BCE – 891 BCE

Tukulti-Ninurta II891 BCE – 884 BCE

Ashurnasirpal II884 BCE – 859 BCE

Shalmaneser III859 BCE – 824 BCE

Shamshi-Adad V824 BCE – 811 BCE

Adad-nirari III811 BCE – 783 BCE

15 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 884 BCE – 859 BCE · 25 years · came to it aged 117

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 859 BCE, the year they died

Also in the line of Neo-Assyrian Empire (3rd of 21).

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