Abdi-Ashirta

Abdi-Ashirta in Wikipedia

Abdi-Ashirta (c. 1300s BC) was the ruler of Amurru, a new kingdom in southern Syria subject to nominal Egyptian control, that was in conflict with King Rib-Hadda of Byblos. Rib-Hadda complained bitterly to Akhenaten-in the Amarna letters-of Abdi-Ashirta's attempts to carve out a larger kingdom for himself at the former's expense.[1] Abdi-Ashirta's...

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