Tukulti-Ninurta I

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Tukulti-Ninurta I, reigned 1233 BC–1196 BC, was a King of Assyria.

He succeeded Shalmaneser I, his father, as Assyrian King. Tukulti-Ninurta I defeated Kashtiliash IV, King of the Kassites. In wars against Kassites, he managed to capture Babylon. Kashtiliash IV was captured and deported to Assyria. After a rebillion in Babylon, he plundered Babylon's temples, and later began to built new city Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta. However, his sons rebelled against him and besieged him in his new city. During the siege he was murdered. His son Ashur-nadin-apli succeeded him on the throne.

He expanded his influence on southeast, to the today Persian Gulf, and in Armenia on northeast. After his death Assyrian Empire began to decline.

Tukulti-Ninurta Epic describre war between Tukulti-Ninurta I and Kashtiliash IV, and epic glorified wars and conquests of Tukulti-Ninurta I.

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