1115 Tiglath-Pileser I becomes king of Assyria.
1100 Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria conquers the Hittites.
967 Tiglath-Pileser II becomes King of Assyria.
935 Death of Tiglath-Pileser II king of Assyria.
912 Adad-nirari II succeeds his father Ashur-Dan II as king of Assyria.
891 Tukulti-Ninurta II succeeds his father Adad-nirari II as king of Assyria.
884 Assurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria.
865 Kar Kalmaneser was conquered by the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III.
858 Shalmaneser III succeeds Assurnasipal II as king of Assyria.
836 Shalmaneser III of Assyria leads an expedition against the Tabareni.
823 Death of Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria. He is succeeded by his son Shamshi-Adad V.
811 Adad-nirari III succeeds his father Shamshi-Adad V as king of Assyria.
804 Hadad-nirari IV of Assyria conquers Damascus.
783 Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria.
773 Ashur-Dan III succeeds his brother Shalmaneser IV as king of Assyria.
755 Ashur-nirari V succeeds Ashur-Dan III as king of Assyria
747 Nabonassar becomes king of Assyria.
745 The Crown of Assyria seized by Pul, who takes the name Tiglath-Pileser III.
738 King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute.
727 Babylonia makes itself independent of Assyria.
724 The Assyrians start a four-year siege of Tyre.
720 End of the Assyrian siege of Tyre.
717 Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Hittites stronghold of Carchemish.
717 Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin.
705 Sennacherib succeeds his brother Shalmaneser V as king of Assyria.
701 King Hezekiah of Judah, backed by Egypt, revolts against king Sennacherib of Assyria. Sennacherib sacks many Palestinian cities, but fails in his attempt to take Jerusalem.
691 King Sennacherib of Assyria defeats king Humban-nimena of Elam in the Battle of Halule.
689 King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon.
681 Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib as king of Assyria.
677 Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes, advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.
669 Assurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria.
668 Egypt revolts against Assyria.
668 Estimation: Nineveh, capital of Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt.
660 Psammetichus I drives the Assyrians out of Egypt.
652 Babylonia rises in revolt under Shamash-shuma-ukin against the Assyrians.
649 Babylonian revolt under Shamash-shuma-ukin is crushed by the Assyrians.
647 King Assurbanipal of Assyria sacks Susa.
640 Great victory of Assyria over Elamite Empire.
627 Death of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria; he is succeeded by Assur-etel-ilani (approximate date).
626 Nabopolassar revolts against Assyria, founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
625 Medes and Babylonians assert their independence from Assyria and attack Nineveh (approximate date).
623 Sin-shar-ishkun succeeds his brother Assur-etel-ilani as king of Assyria (approximate date).
612 An alliance of Medes, Babylonians and Susianians besiege and conquer Nineveh. King Sin-shar-ishkun of Assyria is killed in the sack.
612 Ashur-uballit II attempts to keep the Assyrian empire alive by establishing himself as king at Harran.
612 Estimation: Babylon, capital of Babylonia becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Nineveh, capital of Assyria.
612 Fall of the Assyrian Empire and Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
605 Battle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon defeats the army of Necho II of Egypt, securing the Babylonian conquest of Assyria. The Babylonians pursue through Syria and Palestine.