Hale ( akk, 𒄩𒇷𒂊, Ḫa-le-e) was according to the ''

Assyrian King List The king of Assyria (Akkadian: ''Išši'ak Aššur'', later ''šar māt Aššur'') was the ruler of the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom of Assyria, which was founded in the late 21st century BC and fell in the late 7th century BC. For much of its ear ...

'' (AKL) the 18th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period. Hale is listed within a section of the AKL as the second out of the ten “''kings whose fathers are known''”. This section has often been interpreted as the list of ancestors of the

Amorite The Amorites (; sux, 𒈥𒌅, MAR.TU; Akkadian: 𒀀𒈬𒊒𒌝 or 𒋾𒀉𒉡𒌝/𒊎 ; he, אֱמוֹרִי, 'Ĕmōrī; grc, Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking people from the Levant who also occupied la ...

Shamshi-Adad I Shamshi-Adad ( akk, Šamši-Adad; Amorite: ''Shamshi-Addu''), ruled 1808–1776 BC, was an Amorite warlord and conqueror who had conquered lands across much of Syria, Anatolia, and Upper Mesopotamia.Some of the Mari letters addressed to Shamsi-Ad ...

(fl. c. 1809 BC) who had conquered the city-state of ''

Aššur Aššur (; Sumerian: AN.ŠAR2KI, Assyrian cuneiform: ''Aš-šurKI'', "City of God Aššur"; syr, ܐܫܘܪ ''Āšūr''; Old Persian ''Aθur'', fa, آشور: ''Āšūr''; he, אַשּׁוּר, ', ar, اشور), also known as Ashur and Qal ...

''. In keeping with this assumption, scholars have inferred that the original form of the AKL had been written (among other things) as an “''attempt to justify that Šamši-Adad I was a legitimate ruler of the city-state ''Aššur'' and to obscure his non-Assyrian antecedents by incorporating his ancestors into a native Assyrian genealogy''.” However, this interpretation has not been accepted universally; the ''

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'' rejected this interpretation and instead interpreted the section as being that of the ancestors of ''

Sulili Sulili ( akk, 𒋢𒇷𒇷, Su-li-li) was according to the ''Assyrian King List'' (AKL) the 27th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period. He also appears within the Assyrian King List as the first out of the six kings “(whose names wer ...

''.Hildegard Levy, "Assyria c. 2600-1816 B.C.", ''Cambridge Ancient History. Volume 1, Part 2: Early History of the Middle East'', 729-770, p. 745-746.) The AKL also states the following: "''Hale son of

Apiashal Apiashal ( akk, 𒀀𒉿𒀀𒊩, A-pi-a-ŠAL) was according to the ''Assyrian King List'' (AKL) the 17th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period. He has been listed within the section of the ''AKL'' as the last of whom, "''altogether ...

''," additionally; "''

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son of Hale''." Apiashal is listed within the section of the AKL as the last of "''altogether seventeen kings, tent dwellers''". This section shows marked similarities to the supposed ancestors of the

First Babylonian Dynasty The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to BC – BC, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period. The chronology of the first dynasty ...

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