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735 - 13 22  Rusahinili-Toprah-Kale |
730 - 10 20  Ivriz Relief of Warpalala
700 BC - 1000s 1700  Phaselis City |
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600  Dogs in Battle in Lydia Turkey |
540  Xanthos Conquered by Persia |
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1185 - 44 1146
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1185 - 44 1146
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1185 - 44 1146
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Urartu
858 - 560 298
Rise to power
834 - 714 120 |
810 - 785 25 mi Menua
Expanded kingdom
Centralized administrative structure
Fortified cities
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| 605 mi Battle of Charchemish Turkey. |
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858 - 560 298
Defeat & destruction
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| 570 - 60 10 Orontes 1 Sakavakyats after last king of Urartu. |
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| 709 Cyprus conquered & unified by Neo Assyrian Empire |
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| 669 10 city kingdoms of Cyprus declared independence from Assyria |
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| 570 Cyprus conquered by Egypt |
526  Amasis died. His son Psammetichus 3 succeeded him as pharaoh. |
| 525 kingdoms of Cyprus pledged allegiance to Achaemenid Empire before their invasion of Egypt. |
525  Battle of Pelusium
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931 - 721 254
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- 1010 - 971 39  Book of Psalms by David |
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| - Benhadad besieged Samaria. famine resulted. Miraculously Syrian army panicked & fled, producing a great plenty. |
| 957 1st Temple built at Temple mount |
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931 - 721 254
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857 - 02 55 Book of Elija Tishbite
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931 - 721 254
| 785 Book of Jonah in Nineveh. |
739  Anarchy |
724 - 1 3 Assyria invaded Israel & made them vassals.
10 northern tribes of "Children of Israel," carried into Assrya. "Lost Tribes." |
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554  Daniel cast into Lion's den |
516  2nd Temple |
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| 730 Zacchur son of Shanip |
| 725 Jeraheazar son of Zacchur |
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539  Phoenicia annexed by Persian Empire. |
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1110's - 734 370's |
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885 - 65 20 Ben-Hadad 1 (Benhadad) X60 He was at war with King Ahab of Israel for two years.
| 980 2 Syria lost to Israel. Hadad (or Benhadad) was ruler of Syria. He was hired by Asa, King of Judah, to make war on Bassha, King of Israel. |
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880 - 42 38 Hadadezer
| 853 Battle of Karkar Israel. |
842 - 796 46 Hazael
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| 853 BC Camels in Warfare 1stX Battle of QarQar Syria |
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1110's - 734 370's |
842 - 796 46 Hazael
796 - 2 4 Ben-Hadad 3
792 - 32 60 Rezin
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1380 - 912
| 934 - 859 75 Reclaims lands lost to Urartian invasion |
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912 - 609 325
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912 - 609 325
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| 900 - 840 60 Assyrians expanded empire to west. By 840 they conquered Syria & Turkey, territory that had formerly belonged to Hittites. |
| 880 Ashurnasirpal 2 moves Assyrian capital to Calah (Nimrud), Iraq. |
| 856 Defeats first known king of Urartu, Aramu |
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912 - 609 325
811 - 783 28 Adad-nirari 3
783 - 73 10 Shalmaneser 4
773 - 55 18 Ashur-Dan 3 solar eclipse 763 BC
| 745 Rrebuilds decaying Assyrian empire |
| 743 Defeats Urartu & re-asserts Assyrian control over northern Syria |
| 738 Invades Israel, forcing it to pay tribute |
| 735 Assyrians begin incursions into Urartu |
| 731 Assyria conquers Babylon. Shalmaneser IV is king. |
| 728 Shalmaneaser invaded Israel. Israel, under King Hoshea, became a tributary to Assyria. |
| 722 Sargon II reorganizes Assyrian empire into 70 provinces |
| 722 Assyria deports 28,000 Israelites from Israel, who become "Ten Lost Tribes of Israel" |
| 721 Assyria captures Samaria, capital of Israel |
| 720 Humban-Nikash of Elam defeats Sargon II of Assyria at Battle of Der |
| 714 Sargon 2 of Assyria defeats a Urartian army under Rusa I |
| 709 Phrygia becomes a tributary to Assyria |
| 705 Median Revolt Deioces became king of Media & Persia. Ruled 53 yrs |
| 705 Sargon II moves Assyrian capital to Dur Sharrukin |
| - Assyrians invade & conquer most of Phoenicia |
| - Bablyon was destroyed & Jerusalem besieged by Sennacherib, king of Assryia. |
| 701 Sennacherib's campaigns in Near East |
| 701 Assyria attacks Jerusalem |
| 700 Sennacherib moves Assyrian capital to Nineveh |
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Neo Assyria
912 - 609 325
705 - 681 24 Sennacherib
681 - 69 12 Esarhaddon
| 671 - 51 20 Assyrian rule in Egypt |
| 627 Court Revolt after *'s Death |
626 Nabopolassar became king of Babylon. Uniting with Necho of Egypt & Cyaxares of Media, he took Nineveh & ended Assyrian Empire.
- Cortigiana di Babilonia (Queen of Babylon) 1956 |
| 612 Medes ally with Babylonia to conquer Assyria |
| 609 Ashur-Uballit II, last Assyrian king, retreats & is defeated at Harran |
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| 681 Esarhaddon restored Babylon. |
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539 - 330 239
539 Cyrus Great
| 539 Cyrus Great of Parsa rebels against Medes & founds Persian empire |
| 539 Babylon was captured by Cyrus Great of Persia. His son was crowned one year later formally as King of Babylonia |
| 539 Cyrus Great of Persia frees captive Jews from Babylonia - Cyrus Great of Parsa rebels against Medes & founds Persian empire |
| 538 Cyrus conquered Babylon, setting Darius on throne as an under-king. It had walls 350 feet high & 87 feet thick which incorporated 25 brass gates on each side. |
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911 - 609 302 |
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911 - 609 302 |
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| 800 - 790 10 Ninurta-apla-X |
10 Assyrian 732 - 626 106 |
| 722 mi Boundary fixed by treaty with Assyria. |
| 721 - 03 18 mi Chaldaeans enter Babylonia & compete for Babylonian throne |
700  Seige of Jerusalem
Sennacherib, king of Assryia. |
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Battle of 
Battle of 
Smyrna, Turkey.
Urartu adopts Assyrian cuneiform script 
Erebuni
Zoroastrianism
12 tribes of Israel, Great Schism
Ark of Covenant goes to Aksum, Ethiopia
Fall of Ashdod
Battle of Megiddo 
Jerusalem 
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Siege of Gezer
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Judah
Battle of Halule
Conquerored 
took educated captives.
Battle of Carchemish
Hanging Gardens of Babylon 
Lamentations
