Editing Semiramis (section)

== Historical figure ==
{{Main article|Shammuramat}}
[[File:Map of Assyria.png|thumb|300px|The approximate area controlled by [[Assyria]] in 824 BC, (darker green)]]
While the achievements of Semiramis are clearly in the realm of mythical Persian, Armenian, and Greek historiography, the historical Shammuramat certainly existed. After her husband's death, she might have served as regent for her son, [[Adad-nirari III]].<ref name="britannica"/> Thus, during that time Shammuramat could have been in control of the vast Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–605 BC), which stretched from the [[Caucasus Mountains]] in the north to the Arabian Peninsula in the south, and from western [[Iran]] in the east to [[Cyprus]] in the west.<ref name="AE2014"/>

In the city of [[Assur|Aššur]] on the [[Tigris]], she had an obelisk built and inscribed that read, "Stele of Shammuramat, queen of [[Shamshi-Adad V|Shamshi-Adad]], King of the Universe, King of Assyria, Mother of Adad Nirari, King of the Universe, King of Assyria, Daughter-in-Law of [[Shalmaneser III|Shalmaneser]], [[King of Sumer and Akkad|King of the Four Regions of the World]]."<ref name="AE2014">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/article/743/|title=Sammu-Ramat and Semiramis: The Inspiration and the Myth|website=[[World History Encyclopedia]]|access-date=2016-04-13}}</ref>