Commanders in chief serving under these rulers were called turtanu.
Commanders in chief serving under these rulers were called turtanu. A black limestone obelisk named for one of them was found in his ruling city of Calah. One of them defeated an alliance of twelve kings led by Hadadezer and Ahab at the Battle of Karkar. Herodotus tells of one of these rulers being foiled when field mice ate through his army's bowstrings. In a failed attempt to aid one of these rulers, Necho II fought against Nebuchadnezzar II at Carchemish. One of these rulers conquered Urartu and another boasted of his conquests on the Taylor Prism. Though not Sumerian, one of them was the namesake of a Royal Library holding the most intact extant copy of The Epic of Gilgamesh. For 10 points, name these people who included several Tiglath-Pilesers and Shalmanesers, as well as Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal.
Commanders in chief serving under these rulers were called turtanu.
Kings of Assyria [accept Emperors of Assyria; other equivalents]