Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 2025 – 609 BCE

Assyria

A state of 2025 – 609 BCE — 1,416 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Neo-Hittite states. The atlas records 81 things within it — wars and battles 1 · people 80. Its line of rulers holds 135 people, 67 with dated terms.

  • Wikidata's English label: Assyrian Empire.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
1,416 years
2025 BCE – 609 BCE
Rulers
135
the King of Assyria
Most ground
599,200 km²
in 1220 BCE
Within it
81
recorded rows
Symbol
1
on record, with years
Map: Assyria in 1220 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Assyria in 1220 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 599,200 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Assyria in 1800 BCE, first mapped

1800 BCE · first mapped · 77,200 km²

Assyria in 1220 BCE, at its largest

1220 BCE · at its largest · 599,200 km²

Assyria in 1000 BCE, last mapped

1000 BCE · last mapped · 25,500 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Neo-Hittite states: 1201 BCE – 701 BCEAssyria: 2025 BCE – 609 BCE

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Rulers

The line of King of Assyria.

Puzur-Ashur I · 2026 BCE – 1951 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathShalim-ahum · 1901 BCE – 1901 BCE · no death date to read the end againstShamshi-Adad I · 1810 BCE – 1777 BCE · left office aliveRimush of Assyria · 1751 BCE – 1751 BCE · no death date to read the end againstMut-Ashkur · 1730 BCE – 1720 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAdasi · 1720 BCE – 1701 BCE · no death date to read the end againstBel-bani · 1700 BCE – 1692 BCE · no death date to read the end againstLibaya · 1690 BCE – 1674 BCE · no death date to read the end againstŠarma-Adad I. · 1673 BCE – 1662 BCE · no death date to read the end againstIptar-Sin · 1662 BCE – 1650 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathErishum III · 1598 BCE – 1586 BCE · no death date to read the end againstShamshi-Adad II · 1585 BCE – 1580 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathPuzur-Ashur III · 1503 BCE – 1479 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathEnlil-nasir I · 1479 BCE – 1466 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathNur-ili · 1466 BCE – 1454 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-shaduni · 1455 BCE – 1455 BCE · deposed, the article saysAshur-rabi I · 1453 BCE – 1435 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-nadin-ahhe I · 1435 BCE – 1420 BCE · deposed, the article saysEnlil-Nasir II · 1420 BCE – 1414 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-nirari II · 1414 BCE – 1407 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-bel-nisheshu · 1407 BCE – 1398 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-nadin-ahhe II · 1400 BCE – 1391 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-rim-nisheshu · 1398 BCE – 1391 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-uballit I · 1363 BCE – 1328 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEnlil-nirari · 1327 BCE – 1308 BCE · no death date to read the end againstArik-den-ili · 1307 BCE – 1296 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAdad-nirari I · 1295 BCE – 1264 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathShalmaneser I · 1273 BCE – 1244 BCE · no death date to read the end againstTukulti-Ninurta I · 1234 BCE – 1198 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-nadin-apli · 1206 BCE – 1203 BCE · no death date to read the end againstAshur-nirari III · 1202 BCE – 1197 BCE · no death date to read the end againstAshur-nadin-apli · 1196 BCE – 1193 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathEnlil-kudurri-usur · 1196 BCE – 1192 BCE · no death date to read the end againstAshur-nirari III · 1193 BCE – 1187 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathNinurta-apal-Ekur · 1191 BCE – 1179 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEnlil-kudurri-usur · 1187 BCE – 1182 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-dan I · 1179 BCE – 1133 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathMutakkil-Nusku · 1134 BCE – 1133 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathNinurta-tukulti-Ashur · 1133 BCE – 1133 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-resh-ishi I · 1133 BCE – 1115 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathNinurta-tukulti-Ashur · 1132 BCE – 1132 BCE · no death date to read the end againstMutakkil-Nusku · 1132 BCE – 1132 BCE · no death date to read the end againstTiglath-Pileser I · 1114 BCE – 1076 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAsharid-apal-Ekur · 1076 BCE – 1074 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAshur-bel-kala · 1075 BCE – 1056 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedShamshi-Adad IV · 1054 BCE – 1050 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshurnasirpal I · 1050 BCE – 1031 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshur-nirari IV · 1019 BCE – 1013 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAshur-rabi II · 1013 BCE – 972 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAshur-resh-ishi II · 972 BCE – 967 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAshur-dan II · 935 BCE – 912 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAdad-nirari II · 911 BCE – 891 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedTukulti-Ninurta II · 891 BCE – 884 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAshurnasirpal II · 884 BCE – 859 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedShalmaneser III · 859 BCE – 824 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedShamshi-Adad V · 824 BCE – 811 BCE · left office aliveAdad-nirari III · 811 BCE – 783 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedShalmaneser IV · 783 BCE – 773 BCE · left office aliveAshur-dan III · 773 BCE – 755 BCE · left office aliveAshur-nirari V · 755 BCE – 745 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedTiglath-Pileser III · 745 BCE – 727 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedShalmaneser V · 727 BCE – 722 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedSargon II · 722 BCE – 705 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedSennacherib · 705 BCE – 681 BCE · killedAššur-nādin-šumi · 700 BCE – 694 BCE · no death date to read the end againstEsarhaddon · 681 BCE – 669 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAshurbanipal · 669 BCE – 631 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedKandalanu · 647 BCE – 627 BCE · no death date to read the end againstAššur-etil-ilāni · 631 BCE – 627 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedSîn-šumu-līšir · 627 BCE – 626 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathSîn-šar-iškun · 627 BCE – 612 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAshur-uballit II · 612 BCE – 609 BCE · no death date to read the end against2000 BCE1500 BCE1000 BCE
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 throne

11 terms are shared from [object Object],[object Object].

RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Puzur-Ashur I2026 BCE – 1951 BCE75 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Shalim-ahum1901 BCE – 1901 BCEunder a yearending not on recordchild
Shamshi-Adad I1810 BCE – 1777 BCE33 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Rimush of Assyria1751 BCE – 1751 BCEunder a yearending not on record
Mut-Ashkur1730 BCE – 1720 BCE10 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Adasi1720 BCE – 1701 BCE19 yearsending not on record
Bel-bani1700 BCE – 1692 BCE8 yearsending not on recordchild
Libaya1690 BCE – 1674 BCE16 yearsending not on record
Šarma-Adad I.1673 BCE – 1662 BCE11 yearsending not on record
Iptar-Sin1662 BCE – 1650 BCE12 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Erishum III1598 BCE – 1586 BCE12 yearsending not on record
Shamshi-Adad II1585 BCE – 1580 BCE5 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Puzur-Ashur III1503 BCE – 1479 BCE24 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Enlil-nasir I1479 BCE – 1466 BCE13 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Nur-ili1466 BCE – 1454 BCE12 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ashur-shaduni1455 BCE – 1455 BCEunder a yeardeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlechild
Ashur-rabi I1453 BCE – 1435 BCE18 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Ashur-nadin-ahhe I1435 BCE – 1420 BCE15 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlechild
Enlil-Nasir II1420 BCE – 1414 BCE6 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Ashur-nirari II1414 BCE – 1407 BCE7 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ashur-bel-nisheshu1407 BCE – 1398 BCE9 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Ashur-nadin-ahhe II1400 BCE – 1391 BCE9 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Ashur-rim-nisheshu1398 BCE – 1391 BCE7 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates aloneparent
Ashur-uballit I · from the line of Middle Assyrian Empire1363 BCE – 1328 BCE35 yearsending not on record
Enlil-nirari · from the line of Middle Assyrian Empire1327 BCE – 1308 BCE19 yearsending not on recordchild
Arik-den-ili1307 BCE – 1296 BCE11 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Adad-nirari I1295 BCE – 1264 BCE31 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Shalmaneser I · from the line of Middle Assyrian Empire1273 BCE – 1244 BCE29 yearsending not on recordchild
Tukulti-Ninurta I1234 BCE – 1198 BCE36 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ashur-nadin-apli · from the line of Middle Assyrian Empire1206 BCE – 1203 BCE3 yearsending not on recordchild
Ashur-nirari III · from the line of Middle Assyrian Empire1202 BCE – 1197 BCE5 yearsending not on record
Ashur-nadin-apli1196 BCE – 1193 BCE3 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Enlil-kudurri-usur · from the line of Middle Assyrian Empire1196 BCE – 1192 BCE4 yearsending not on recordsibling
Ashur-nirari III1193 BCE – 1187 BCE6 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Ninurta-apal-Ekur · from the line of Middle Assyrian Empire1191 BCE – 1179 BCE12 yearsending not on record
Enlil-kudurri-usur1187 BCE – 1182 BCE5 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Ashur-dan I1179 BCE – 1133 BCE46 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Mutakkil-Nusku1134 BCE – 1133 BCE1 yearthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur1133 BCE – 1133 BCEunder a yearthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Ashur-resh-ishi I1133 BCE – 1115 BCE18 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonenephew or niece
Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur · from the line of Middle Assyrian Empire1132 BCE – 1132 BCEunder a yearending not on record
Mutakkil-Nusku · from the line of Middle Assyrian Empire1132 BCE – 1132 BCEunder a yearending not on recordsibling
Tiglath-Pileser I1114 BCE – 1076 BCE38 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonegrandchild
Asharid-apal-Ekur1076 BCE – 1074 BCE2 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Ashur-bel-kala1075 BCE – 1056 BCE19 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Shamshi-Adad IV1054 BCE – 1050 BCE4 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Ashurnasirpal I1050 BCE – 1031 BCE19 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ashur-nirari IV1019 BCE – 1013 BCE6 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonegrandchild
Ashur-rabi II1013 BCE – 972 BCE41 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ashur-resh-ishi II972 BCE – 967 BCE5 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Ashur-dan II935 BCE – 912 BCE23 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonegrandchild
Adad-nirari II911 BCE – 891 BCE20 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Tukulti-Ninurta II891 BCE – 884 BCE7 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ashurnasirpal II884 BCE – 859 BCE25 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Shalmaneser III859 BCE – 824 BCE35 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Shamshi-Adad V824 BCE – 811 BCE13 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Adad-nirari III811 BCE – 783 BCE28 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Shalmaneser IV783 BCE – 773 BCE10 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Ashur-dan III773 BCE – 755 BCE18 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonesibling
Ashur-nirari V755 BCE – 745 BCE10 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Tiglath-Pileser III745 BCE – 727 BCE18 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Shalmaneser V727 BCE – 722 BCE5 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Sargon II722 BCE – 705 BCE17 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Sennacherib705 BCE – 681 BCE24 yearskilledWikidata's manner of deathchild
Aššur-nādin-šumi · from the line of Neo-Assyrian Empire700 BCE – 694 BCE6 yearsending not on recordchild
Esarhaddon681 BCE – 669 BCE12 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Ashurbanipal669 BCE – 631 BCE38 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Kandalanu · from the line of Neo-Assyrian Empire647 BCE – 627 BCE20 yearsending not on record
Aššur-etil-ilāni631 BCE – 627 BCE4 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Sîn-šumu-līšir627 BCE – 626 BCE1 yearthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Sîn-šar-iškun627 BCE – 612 BCE15 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ashur-uballit II612 BCE – 609 BCE3 yearsending not on recordchild

135 rulers, 67 with terms dated as terms, covering 2026 BCE – 609 BCE. Median reign 12 years. 18 of 71 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

1600 BCE1400 BCE1200 BCE1000 BCE

77,200 km² in 1775 BCE, 25,500 km² in 925 BCE; at its largest 515,300 km² in 1125 BCE. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Ashur symbol Nimrud
    emblem, undatedAshur symbol Nimrud · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

2100 BCE – 2001 BCE: 3 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other2100 BCE2000 BCE – 1901 BCE: 5 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other1900 BCE – 1801 BCE: 7 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other1900 BCE1800 BCE – 1701 BCE: 3 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other1700 BCE – 1601 BCE: 9 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other1700 BCE1600 BCE – 1501 BCE: 7 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other1500 BCE – 1401 BCE: 7 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other1500 BCE1400 BCE – 1301 BCE: 6 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other1300 BCE – 1201 BCE: 7 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other1300 BCE1200 BCE – 1101 BCE: 7 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other1100 BCE – 1001 BCE: 5 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other1100 BCE1000 BCE – 901 BCE: 6 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other900 BCE – 801 BCE: 2 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other900 BCE800 BCE – 701 BCE: 6 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other700 BCE – 601 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other700 BCE

2100 BCE – 2001 BCE3 rows

2000 BCE – 1901 BCE5 rows

1900 BCE – 1801 BCE7 rows

1800 BCE – 1701 BCE3 rows

1700 BCE – 1601 BCE9 rows

and 1 more in the atlas.

1600 BCE – 1501 BCE7 rows

1500 BCE – 1401 BCE7 rows

1400 BCE – 1301 BCE6 rows

1300 BCE – 1201 BCE7 rows · 1 wars and battles

1200 BCE – 1101 BCE7 rows

1100 BCE – 1001 BCE5 rows

1000 BCE – 901 BCE6 rows

900 BCE – 801 BCE2 rows

800 BCE – 701 BCE6 rows

700 BCE – 601 BCE1 row

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood1,416 years

    stood longer than 99% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held599,200 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 77% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median12 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 41% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record135

    has more rulers on record than 100% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Third Dynasty of Ur · In the article · 2112 BCE · “2025 BC, due to the collapse of the Third Dynasty of Ur, Assur became an independent city-state under Puzur-Ashur I. Under the Puzur-Ashur dynasty, Assur was …”Third Dynasty of UrAssyria · 2025 BCE – 609 BCEAssyria2000 BCE1500 BCE1000 BCE
in the article

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q41137 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.