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Shamshi-Adad I and the Rise of the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia In the turbulent landscape of the 18th century BC, one figure rose to dominate the Ancient Near East through a combination ...
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Read Yarim-Lim I: The Mighty King of YamhadOld Assyrian Period: The Rise of a Trading Powerhouse Long before the fearsome military empires of the Neo-Assyrian era, the city of Assur existed as a modest but economically vibrant cit...
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