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Assyria

major Mesopotamian East Semitic kingdom

61 dated entries naming Assyria, drawn from 57 separate years between 2500 BCE and 605 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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25th century BC

20th century BC

  • 1974 BCE1974 BC: Erishum I became the thirty-third ruler of Assyria.source

19th century BC

  • 1808 BCEc. 1808 BC: Shamshi-Adad I returns from exile and conquers Assur, emerging as the first Amorite king of Assyria.source

18th century BC

  • 1740 BCEc. 1740 BC: Akkadian-Assyrian governor Puzur-Sin drives the Babylonians and Amorites into the north, out of the land of Assyria.source
  • 1720 BCEc. 1720 BC: Adasi, a native king of Assyria, seizes power.source

14th century BC

13th century BC

  • 1274 BCE1274 BC—Shalmaneser I becomes king of the Assyrian Empire.source

12th century BC

  • 1200 BCEc. 1200 BC: Aramaic nomads and Chaldeans become a big threat to the former Babylonian and Assyrian Empire.source
  • 1115 BCE1115 BC—Tiglath-Pileser I becomes king of Assyria.source

11th century BC

  • 1100 BCE1100 BC—Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria conquers the Hittites.source
  • 1054 BCE1054 BC—Shamshi-Adad IV, son of Tiglath-Pileser I, usurps the Assyrian throne from his nephew, Eriba-Adad II.source

10th century BC

  • 967 BCE967 BC—Tiglath-Pileser II becomes King of Assyria.source
  • 911 BCE911 BC – Adad-nirari II succeeds his father Ashur-Dan II as king of Assyria.source

9th century BC

  • 891 BCE891 BC — Tukulti-Ninurta II succeeds his father Adad-nirari II as king of Assyria.source
  • 884 BCE884 BC: Ashurnasirpal II succeeds his father Tukulti-Ninurta II as king of Assyria.source
  • 858 BCE858 BC—Shalmaneser III succeeds Assurnasirpal II as king of Assyria.source
  • 836 BCE836 BC—Shalmaneser III of Assyria leads an expedition against the Tabareni.source
  • 823 BCE823 BC—Death of Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria. He is succeeded by his son Shamshi-Adad V.source
  • 811 BCE811 BC—Adad-nirari III succeeds his father Shamshi-Adad V as king of Assyria.source
  • 804 BCE804 BC—Adad-nirari III of Assyria led a campaign into Syria and Palestine, reaching Gaza.source

8th century BC

  • 783 BCE783 BC—Shalmaneser IV succeeds his father Adad-nirari III as king of Assyria.source
  • 773 BCE773 BC—Ashur-Dan III succeeds his brother Shalmaneser IV as king of Assyria.source
  • 755 BCE755 BC—Ashur-nirari V succeeds Ashur-Dan III as king of Assyria.source
  • 745 BCE745 BC – The crown of Assyria seized by Pul, who takes the name Tiglath-Pileser III.source
  • 738 BCE738 BC—King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute.source
  • 733 BCE733 BC—King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria conquers the Northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), and exiles its inhabitants.source
  • 732 BCE732 BC—King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria defeats the Arab queen Samsi in battle and forces her to pay tribute to him.source
  • 732 BCE732 BC—King Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria seizes Damascus, executes Rezin, King of the Arameans, and deports the Aramaean inhabitants to Kir of Moab. (probable date)source
  • 727 BCE727 BC: Babylonia makes itself independent of Assyria.source
  • 724 BCE724 BC: The Assyrians start a four-year siege of Tyre.source
  • 720 BCE720 BC—End of the Assyrian siege of Tyre.source
  • 717 BCE717 BC—Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Neo-Hittite state of Carchemish.source
  • 705 BCE705 BC—Sargon II, king of Assyria.source

7th century BC

  • 700 BCE700 BC—Assyrian king Sennacherib launches another campaign into the Chaldean region, where the Babylonian rebel Merodach-Baladan II has been conspiring against him. Merodach-Baladan takes refuge in Elam, north of the Persian Gulf.source
  • 693 BCE693 BC—Babylon is destroyed by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, but the city will be rebuilt in even greater splendor and luxury. He fights his way back north and captures various cities along the River Euphrates (or 691 BC or 689 BC).source
  • 692 BCE692 BC—Karib'il Watar of Saba' is recorded as having given "gifts" (tribute) to King Sennacherib of Assyria.source
  • 689 BCE689 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon. (or 691 BC)source
  • 681 BCE681 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria is assassinated by one or two of his sons in the temple of the god Ninurta at Kalhu (Northern Mesopotamia) after a 24-year reign in which he defeated the Babylonians, made Nineveh (modern Iraq) a showplace, and diverted the waters of the Tigris River into a huge aqueduct to supply the city with irrigation.source
  • 681 BCE681 BC—Sennacherib, king of Assyriasource
  • 680 BCE680 BC—Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib as king of Assyria.source
  • 677 BCEEsarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes and advances as far as the Brook of Egypt.source
  • 675 BCEKing Deioces dies after a 53-year reign that has established the kingdom of the Medes and its capital at Ecbatana (later Hamedan) in what will be northwest Persia. He is succeeded by his son Phraortes, who forms an anti-Assyrian alliance with the Cimmerians to subjugate the Persians and other Asian peoples.source
  • 671 BCEKing Esarhaddon of Assyria defeats the Kushite-Egyptian army of Pharaoh Taharqa and captures Memphis, along with a number of the royal family. He sets up a new Assyrian administration in Lower Egypt and withdraws.source
  • 668 BCENineveh, capital of Assyria becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Thebes in Egypt (estimation).source
  • 667 BCEKing Ashurbanipal of Assyria resumes his late father's attack on Egypt (see 671 BC), recapturing Memphis and beginning an offensive into Upper Egypt.source
  • 656 BCEThebes submits to the Egyptian ruler Psamtik I of Sais, who has allied himself with Gyges of Lydia and employs Libyan soldiers in a rebellion against Assyrian rule with help from Carian and Ionian mercenaries. Psamtik permits the city's mayor Mentuemhat to retain his position, who is not only the most powerful Theban but also the fourth prophet of Amon.source
  • 655 BCEThe Assyrian army invade Elam and overtake its twin capital cities Madaktu and Susa and install a king that is pro-Assyrian on the throne.source
  • 653 BCEElamite forces attack southern Babylon. A large Assyrian army sent by king Ashurbanipal defeat the Elamites, in the Battle of Ulai, and kill their king, Teumman. He is succeeded by his nephew Ummanigash.source
  • 649 BCEA revolt led by Shamash-shum-ukin is crushed by the Assyrians.source
  • 648 BCEBabylon falls to Assyrian forces after a 3-year siege (see 651 BC); starved out by his half brother Ashurbanipal, king Shamash-shum-ukin commits suicide in his burning palace, as the Assyrians slaughter his city's garrison and much of its population.source
  • 647 BCEElam refuses to extradite an Aramaean prince, giving the king Ashurbanipal of Assyria an excuse to invade the country. He sacks the city of Susa.source
  • 644 BCEArdys succeeds his father Gyges as the second Mermnad king of Lydia. During his reign he finds payment of tribute to Assyria preferable to rule by the Cimmerians, who will be routed a few decades later.source
  • 640 BCEKing Ashurbanipal of Assyria achieves a great victory over Elam. He captures its last king, Khumma-Khaldash III, and lays waste to the country.source
  • 627 BCESinsharishkun succeeds his brother Ashur-etil-ilani as king of Assyria (approximate date).source
  • 615 BCEThe Neo-Babylonian Empire begins attacking Assyrian cities.source
  • 612 BCEAshur-uballit II attempts to keep the Assyrian state alive by establishing himself as king at Harran.source
  • 609 BCEThe Medes and the Babylonians defeat the Assyrians under Ashur-uballit II and capture Harran. Ashur-uballit II, the last king of Assyria, disappears from history.source
  • 609 BCEAshur-uballit II (probably), last king of Assyriasource
  • 609 BCEBattle of Megiddo—King Josiah is killed fighting against Necho II, who was on his way to aid the Assyrian state.source
  • 605 BCEBattle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar defeats the allied armies of Egypt and former Assyria, securing the Babylonian conquest of Assyria (approximate date).source

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