Shalmaneser I

Shalmaneser I was a king of Assyria during the Assyrian Empire. He was the son and successor of Adad-nirari I.

Reign

According to his annals, discovered at Assur, in his first year he conquered eight countries in Anatolia to the northwest of Assyria, and destroyed the fortress of Arinnu, the dust of which he brought to Assur.
In his second year he defeated Shattuara, king of Hanilgalbat, and his Hittite and Ahlamu allies. He incorporated the remains of the Mittanni kingdom as part of one of the Assyrian provinces. Shalmaneser I also claimed to have blinded 14,400 enemy prisoners in one eye. He was one of the first Assyrian kings known to deport his defeated enemies to various lands.
He conquered the whole country from Taidu to Irridu, from Mount Kashiar to Eluhat, and from the fortresses of Sudu and Harranu to Levantine Carchemish on the Euphrates. He scored a number of military victories over the Hittite Empire, Babylonia and over polities in the Levant, Anatolia and Zagros, expanding the Middle Assyrian Empire, built palaces at Assur, Nineveh and Arbela, restored the "world-temple" at Assur, and founded the city of Kalhu. He was succeeded by his son Tukulti-Ninurta I.
Annual limmu officials beginning with the year of accession of Šulmanu-ašared. The list is partly derived from Freydank and McIntyre. The exact order of the earliest limmus is conjectural but the ordering from Šerriya onwards is essentially fixed.