Ruler · 1601 BCE

Shamshi-Adad II

Lived 1601 BCE. King of Assyria (Assyria), 1585 BCE – 1580 BCE.

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Lived: 1601 BCE – 1601 BCE; 0 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Assyria
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

King of Assyria

Assyria · the 12th of 72 dated reigns · 2026 BCE – 609 BCE

8 before

Šarma-Adad I.1673 BCE – 1662 BCE

Iptar-Sin1662 BCE – 1650 BCE

Erishum III1598 BCE – 1586 BCE

Shamshi-Adad II1585 BCE – 1580 BCE

Puzur-Ashur III1503 BCE – 1479 BCE

Enlil-nasir I1479 BCE – 1466 BCE

Nur-ili1466 BCE – 1454 BCE

57 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 1585 BCE – 1580 BCE · 5 years · came to it aged 16

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1580 BCE, after the death recorded in 1601 BCE

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