POLITICIAN

Puzur-Ashur I

2050 BC - 1970 BC

Puzur-Ashur I

Puzur-Ashur I (Akkadian: 𒁍𒀫𒀸𒋩, romanized: Pu-AMAR-Aš-ŠUR) was an Assyrian king in the 21st and 20th centuries BC. He is generally regarded as the founder of Assyria as an independent city-state, c. 2025 BC. He is in the Assyrian King List and is referenced in the inscriptions of later kings (his son and successor Shalim-ahum and the later Ashur-rim-nisheshu and Shalmaneser III.): 6, 8, 12, 15 These later kings mentioned him among the kings who had renewed the city walls of Assur begun by Kikkia. Puzur-Ashur I may have started a native Assyrian dynasty that endured for eight generations until Erishum II was overthrown by the Amorite Shamshi-Adad I. Hildegard Lewy, writing in the Cambridge Ancient History, rejects this interpretation and sees Puzur-Aššur I as part of a longer dynasty started by one of his predecessors, Sulili. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Puzur-Ashur I has received more than 113,163 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Puzur-Ashur I is the 14,645th most popular politician (down from 11,135th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 255th in 2019) and the 199th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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110k
Page Views (PV)
47.60
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
19
Languages Editions (L)
3.07
Effective Languages (L*)
3.15
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Puzur-Ashur I ranks 14,645 out of 19,576. Before him are Akie Abe, Roger B. Taney, Kaj Leo Johannesen, John Smith, Manuel Márquez Sterling, and Eduardo López de Romaña. After him are Wasim Sajjad, Dinesh Gunawardena, Ignatius L. Donnelly, Æscwine of Essex, Nikolai Baibakov, and Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols.

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HPI: 47.60
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Puzur-Ashur I
POLITICIAN
2050 BC - 1970 BC
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 1

In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Puzur-Ashur I ranks 322 out of 384. Before him are Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750), Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1931), David Sassoon (1792), Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (1967), Avi Shlaim (1945), and Shlomo Hillel (1923). After him are Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1980), Eriba-Adad II (-1100), Hoshyar Zebari (1953), Ahmet Haşim (1887), Ahmed Radhi (1964), and Paulos Faraj Rahho (1942).

Others born in Iraq

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Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf
WRITER
750 - 808
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 316
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1931 - 2014
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 317
David Sassoon
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1792 - 1864
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 318
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
POLITICIAN
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 319
Avi Shlaim
HISTORIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 320
Shlomo Hillel
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2021
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 321
Puzur-Ashur I
POLITICIAN
2050 BC - 1970 BC
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 322
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1980 - 2022
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 323
Eriba-Adad II
POLITICIAN
1100 BC - 1060 BC
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 324
Hoshyar Zebari
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 325
Ahmet Haşim
WRITER
1887 - 1933
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 326
Ahmed Radhi
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - 2020
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 327
Paulos Faraj Rahho
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1942 - 2008
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 328