Zamua

Mazamua or Zamua and Lullumu ( Akkadian KURMazamu / Lullumu, Babylonian URUMazamua / Zamua ) was an Iron Age region with several small kingdoms and bordering on Parsua, Namri and Hubuschkia. The center was in the valley of Sulaymaniyah.

Historical development

Assur- Nasirpal II called the country Lullumu, it made 881 BC tributary after the kings of Mazamua received an alliance with Nur -Adad the Kingdom Dagara. The Pass of Bazian was made impassable by a wall. Nevertheless, the region could be subjected to the end of the year. 880 BC was followed by a renewed campaign, as the kings and Ameka Araštu refused to pay tribute. The fortress Ammali into which Araštu refuge is taken and cremated. Parts of the population were then deported to Nimrud. 843 BC Shalmaneser III reported. in his campaign that the locals built reed boats, which they used against the Assyrian army.

In 733 BC Tiglath-Pileser III was among Mazamua. an Assyrian province. In the reign of Sargon II, who improved the local infrastructure and erected new buildings, no riots were reported. However, noted Sargon II new immigrants from the east, which could pose a threat.