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Assyria

First fully urbanized independent king of Assyria

2080 BC
Mesopotamia (Present-Day Iraq)

Ushpia (2080 BC) appears to have been the first fully urbanized independent king of Assyria and is traditionally held to have dedicated temples to the god Ashur in the city of the same name.


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