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SHALMANESER I

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 798 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHALMANESER I ., son of See also:Hadad-nirari I., succeeded his See also:father as See also:king of See also:Assyria about 1310 B.C. He carried on a See also:series of See also:campaigns against the Aramaeans in See also:northern See also:Mesopotamia, annexed a portion of See also:Cilicia to the See also:Assyrian See also:empire, and established Assyrian colonies on the See also:borders of See also:Cappadocia. According to his See also:annals, discovered at See also:Assur, in his first See also:year he conquered eight countries in the See also:north-See also:west and destroyed the fortress of Arinnu, the dust of which he brought to Assur. In his second year he defeated Sattuara, king of See also:Malatia, and his Hittite See also:allies, and conquered the whole See also:country as far See also:south as Carchemish. He built palaces at Assur and See also:Nineveh, restored " the See also:world-See also:temple " at Assur, and founded the See also:city of See also:Calah.

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