Dayyan-Assur led campaigns in lieu of Shalmaneser III who gave him power over the Assyrian army.
These campaigns took the Assyrian army and influence into the Zagros, where encounters with future opponents the Medes and Manneans.
Shamshi-ilu was based out of Kar-Shalmaneser and began campaigning for his own kingdom west of the Euphrates.
[9] These campaigns led to greater power held by Shamshi-ilu and a fragmentary Assyria.
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