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Puzur-Ashur I

2050 BC - 1970 BC

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Puzur-Ashur I (Akkadian: 𒁍𒀫𒀸𒋩, romanized: Pu-AMAR-Aš-ŠUR) was an Assyrian king in the 21st and 20th centuries BC. He is generally regarded as the founder of Assyria as an independent city-state, c. 2025 BC. He is in the Assyrian King List and is referenced in the inscriptions of later kings (his son and successor Shalim-ahum and the later Ashur-rim-nisheshu and Shalmaneser III.): 6, 8, 12, 15  These later kings mentioned him among the kings who had renewed the city walls of Assur begun by Kikkia. Puzur-Ashur I may have started a native Assyrian dynasty that endured for eight generations until Erishum II was overthrown by the Amorite Shamshi-Adad I. Hildegard Lewy, writing in the Cambridge Ancient History, rejects this interpretation and sees Puzur-Aššur I as part of a longer dynasty started by one of his predecessors, Sulili. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Puzur-Ashur I is the 15,402nd most popular politician (down from 14,641st in 2019), the 327th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 322nd in 2019) and the 200th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Puzur-Ashur I ranks 15,402 out of 19,576. Before him are Bülent Arınç, Oskari Tokoi, Tillman Thomas, Jacques Poos, Dmitry Rogozin, and Óscar Osorio. After him are Juan Idiarte Borda, Ariamnes, Pyotr Durnovo, Mamerto Urriolagoitía, Paruyr Hayrikyan, and Thaddeus Stevens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2050 BC, Puzur-Ashur I ranks 4. Before him are Intef III, Mentuhotep III, and Ibbi-Sin.  Among people deceased in 1970 BC, Puzur-Ashur I ranks 1. 

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    Intef III

    POLITICIAN

    2050 BC - 2065 BC

    HPI: 67.87

    Rank: 1

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    Mentuhotep III

    POLITICIAN

    2050 BC - 2005 BC

    HPI: 67.63

    Rank: 2

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    Ibbi-Sin

    POLITICIAN

    2050 BC - Present

    HPI: 66.29

    Rank: 3

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    Puzur-Ashur I

    POLITICIAN

    2050 BC - 1970 BC

    HPI: 54.97

    Rank: 4

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Puzur-Ashur I ranks 327 out of 384. Before him are Mullah Krekar (1956), Ashur-rim-nisheshu (-1490), Mesannepada (-2490), Paulos Faraj Rahho (1942), Avi Shlaim (1945), and Jaafar Al-Askari (1885). After him are Hoshyar Zebari (1953), Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur (-1200), Eriba-Adad II (-1100), Ahmet Haşim (1887), Dar Salim (1977), and Sajida al-Rishawi (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Puzur-Ashur I ranks 200. Before him are Shlomo Hillel (1923), Ashur-bel-nisheshu (-1500), Jalal Dabagh (1939), Ashur-rim-nisheshu (-1490), Mesannepada (-2490), and Jaafar Al-Askari (1885). After him are Hoshyar Zebari (1953), Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur (-1200), Eriba-Adad II (-1100), Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi (1954), Sadeq Larijani (1961), and Nadhim Zahawi (1967).

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