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Ushpia

2100 BC - 2025 BC

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Ushpia (Akkadian: 𒍑𒉿𒀀, romanized: Uš-pi-a) was according to the Assyrian King List (AKL) the 16th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period, though he is not attested in any known contemporary artefacts. The list places him as the second last within the section "kings who lived in tents”. According to the Cambridge Ancient History, the conclusion of this section, "marked the end of the nomadic period of the Assyrian people." Ushpia is alleged to have founded the temple for the god Aššur within the city-state of Aššur, according to the much later inscriptions of both of these Assyrian kings: Shulmanu-asharedu I (fl. c. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ushpia is the 779th most popular nobleman (down from 669th in 2019). (down from 1,754th in 2019)

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Among noblemen, Ushpia ranks 779 out of 1,415Before him are James II, Count of Urgell, Fernando d'Ávalos, Elena Asenina of Bulgaria, Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, and Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg. After him are Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Antoinette de Mérode, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Nitocris of Babylon, Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia, and Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria.

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Among people born in 2100 BC, Ushpia ranks 5Before him are Mentuhotep II, Mentuhotep IV, Ishbi-Erra, and Amar-Sin. After him are Neferu II, Kikkia, and Nebkaure Khety. Among people deceased in 2025 BC, Ushpia ranks 1

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