Yangi

Yangi (Akkadian: 𒅀𒀭𒄀, romanized: Ia-an-gi) was according to the Assyrian King List (AKL) the third Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period, though he is not attested in any known contemporary artefacts. He is listed among the “seventeen kings who lived in tents” within the Mesopotamian Chronicles.[1][2] Yangi is in the lists preceded by Adamu, and succeeded by Suhlamu.

## Geopolitical context

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Yangi is succeeded on the Assyrian King List by Suhlamu and then a further thirteen rulers: Harharu, Mandaru, Imsu, Harsu, Didanu, Hana, Zuabu, Nuabu, Abazu, Belu Azarah, Ushpia and Apiashal. Nothing concrete is known about these names, although it has been noted that a much later Babylonian tablet listing the ancestral lineage of Hammurabi of Babylon, seems to have copied the same names from Tudiya through Nuabu, though in a heavily corrupted form. The king lists suggest that the earliest Assyrian kings, who are recorded as, “kings who lived in tents,” had at first been independent semi-nomadic pastoralist rulers, moreover; Assyria was originally an oligarchy rather than a monarchy. These kings had at some point become fully urbanized and founded the city-state of Assur.[3]

## See also

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* Timeline of the Assyrian Empire
* List of Assyrian kings
* Assyria

## References

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1. ^ Glassner, Jean-Jacques (2004). Mesopotamian Chronicles. Society of Biblical Lit. p. 137\. ISBN 978-1-58983-090-5.
2. ^ Ebeling, Erich; Meissner, Bruno; Weidner, Ernst Friedrich (1928). Reallexikon D Assyriologie Bd 6 Cplt Geb **. W. de Gruyter. p. 103\. ISBN 978-3-11-010051-8. `{{cite book}}`: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
3. ^ Saggs, The Might, 24.

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Old Assyrian period
(c. 2025–1364 BC)|

* Puzur-Ashur I
* Shalim-ahum
* Ilu-shuma
* Erishum I
* Ikunum
* Sargon I
* Puzur-Ashur II
* Naram-Sin
* Erishum II
* Shamshi-Adad I
* Ishme-Dagan I
* Mut-Ashkur (?)
* Rimush (?)
* Asinum (?)
* Puzur-Sin
* Ashur-dugul
* Ashur-apla-idi (?)
* Nasir-Sin (?)
* Sin-namir (?)
* Ipqi-Ishtar (?)
* Adad-salulu (?)
* Adasi (?)
* Bel-bani
* Libaya
* Sharma-Adad I
* Iptar-Sin
* Bazaya
* Lullaya
* Shu-Ninua
* Sharma-Adad II
* Erishum III
* Shamshi-Adad II
* Ishme-Dagan II
* Shamshi-Adad III
* Ashur-nirari I
* Puzur-Ashur III
* Enlil-nasir I
* Nur-ili
* Ashur-shaduni
* Ashur-rabi I
* Ashur-nadin-ahhe I
* Enlil-Nasir II
* Ashur-nirari II
* Ashur-bel-nisheshu
* Ashur-rim-nisheshu
* Ashur-nadin-ahhe II
* Eriba-Adad I

Middle Assyrian Empire
(c. 1363–912 BC)|

* Ashur-uballit I
* Enlil-nirari
* Arik-den-ili
* Adad-nirari I
* Shalmaneser I
* Tukulti-Ninurta I
* Ashur-nadin-apli
* Ashur-nirari III
* Enlil-kudurri-usur
* Ninurta-apal-Ekur
* Ashur-dan I
* Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur
* Mutakkil-Nusku
* Ashur-resh-ishi I
* Tiglath-Pileser I
* Asharid-apal-Ekur
* Ashur-bel-kala
* Eriba-Adad II
* Shamshi-Adad IV
* Ashurnasirpal I
* Shalmaneser II
* Ashur-nirari IV
* Ashur-rabi II
* Ashur-resh-ishi II
* Tiglath-Pileser II
* Ashur-dan II

Neo-Assyrian Empire
(911–609 BC)|

* Adad-nirari II
* Tukulti-Ninurta II
* Ashurnasirpal II
* Shalmaneser III
* Shamshi-Adad V
* Adad-nirari III
* Shalmaneser IV
* Ashur-dan III
* Ashur-nirari V
* Tiglath-Pileser III
* Shalmaneser V
* Sargon II
* Sennacherib
* Esarhaddon
* Ashurbanipal
* Ashur-etil-ilani
* Sin-shumu-lishir
* Sinsharishkun
* Ashur-uballit II

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