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Assyria

Assyria

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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.