Assyrian king Ashur-Dan II
I brought back the exhausted people of Assyra who had abandoned their cities and houses in the face of want, hunger, and famine, and had gone up to other lands. I settled them in cities and houses...
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Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III (744-727 BC) reconfigured Assyrian administration to make villages responsible to the center. For this reason, he is often considered the founder of the Assyrian empire. His...
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Lachish
Lachish is capital of Assyrians in Judah. 2nd most important city of Judah. Highlighted in the conquest reliefs in Sennacherib's Palace at Nineveh. Has a fortified entrance. To enter, must take a...
View ArticleAssyrian king Sargon II
Assyrian king Sargon II (721-705 BC) completed the siege of Samaria begun by Tiglath-Pileser III and continued by Shalmaneser V. Israelites were deported to Gozan (modern tel-Hallath, in the Habur),...
View ArticleAssyrian king Ashur-uballit I
Ashur-uballit I reigned over Assyria as it truly gained traction and was completely free of Mittanian control, as shown in his letters found at Amarna. These letters are significant, as up until this...
View ArticleAssyrian king Adad-Nirari I
Adad-nirari I (aka Adad-narari I) (1307-1275 BC) grew Assyrian power and described himself as defeater of the feocious ones, turning Hanigalbat (Assyria's term for the Mitanni kingdom) into a vassal...
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Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II
Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (Ashur is Guardian of the Sun) (883 - 859 BC) brought in the Neo-Assyrian Era. Before Ashurnasirpal II, Assyrian rulers tried to "beat the bound" and restore Assyrian...
View ArticleAssyrian king Shamshi-Adad I
Origin in EkallatumShamshi-Adad was an Amorite born in the middle Euphrates kingdom his father Ilu-kabkabu had built at Ekallatum, a city still not located but certainly near Assur. Rule of...
View ArticleAssyrian reliefs
Throughout the 2nd millennium BC, the walls of Mesopotamian palaces were painted with royal and divine figures and geometric motifs. Beginning with Ashurnasirpal II (883 – 859 BC), however, Assyrian...
View ArticleAssyrian king Shalmaneser III
Battle of Qarqar853 BCShalmanesser III faces coalition of Levantine kingdoms at Qarqar. Ahab of Israel and Hadadezer of Damascus are members. Coalition succeeds (according to the Monolith...
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