Editing Shamshi-Adad I (section)

==Fall ==
[[File:Yamhad and Vassals.png|thumb|256px|right|A map of the [[Ancient Near East]] showing the geopolitical situation around Assyria near contemporary great powers such as: [[Yamhad]] (dark blue) and [[Qatna]] (dark brown), after the conquests of [[Hammurabi]] of the [[First Dynasty of Babylon]] (green) c. 1750 BC.]]
Shamshi-Adad I continued to strengthen his kingdom throughout his life, but as he got older, the state became more vulnerable and the neighboring great powers [[Yamkhad]] and [[Eshnunna]] began attacking. The empire lacked cohesion and was in a vulnerable geographical position. Naturally, Shamshi-Adad I's rise to glory earned him the envy of neighboring kings and tribes, and throughout his reign, he and his sons
faced several threats to their control.

=== Death ===
After the death of Shamshi-Adad I, Eshnunna captured cities around Assur.<ref name="Mieroop" /> When the news of Shamshi-Adad I's death spread, his old rivals set out to topple his sons from the throne. [[Yasmah-Adad]] was soon expelled from Mari by [[Zimri-Lim]] (fl. c. 1775 BC – c. 1761 BC), and the rest of the empire was eventually lost during the reigns of Išme-Dagān I and [[Mut-Ashkur]], first to a coalition of Mari, Andarig, and Eshnunna, then to another Amorite ruler, [[Hammurabi]] of Babylon (fl. c. 1792 BC – c. 1750 BC)<ref>Lewy, Hildegard. “The Historical Background of the Correspondence of Baḫdi-Lim.” Orientalia, vol. 25, no. 4, 1956, pp. 324–52.</ref>