A ruler of this kingdom reprimanded one of his sons for his laziness in a letter, asking him "Are you a child, and not an adult?
A ruler of this kingdom reprimanded one of his sons for his laziness in a letter, asking him "Are you a child, and not an adult? Don't you have a beard on your chin?", and compared him unfavorably to his other son Ishme-Dagan. The earliest rulers of this kingdom were known as "kings who lived in tents". Merchants from this kingdom established trading posts called karums in Anatolia, the most notable one being the town of Kanesh. This kingdom grew to its largest size after conquering Mari, but soon lost much of that territory under the incompetent prince Yasmah-Adad. The most famous ruler of this kingdom was (*) Shamshi-Adad I, a near-contemporary and northern neighbor of Hammurabi. For 10 points, name this kingdom, the "Old" version of an empire ruled by such kings as Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal.
A ruler of this kingdom reprimanded one of his sons for his laziness in a letter, asking him "Are you a child, and not an adult?
Old Assyrian Empire