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Annexation of Carchemish
The annexation of Carchemish, also called the Assyrian conquest of Carchemish, was Sargon II's 717 BC conquest of the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Carchemish on the Euphrates.
Annexation of Kummuh
The annexation of Kummuh was the absorption of the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Kummuh, also known as Commagene, into the Assyrian empire by Sargon II in 708 BC.
Aramean migrations
The Aramean migrations were the movements of Aramaic-speaking tribes across the Fertile Crescent in the late 2nd millennium BC, producing Aramaean states including Damascus, Hamath, and Bit-Adini.
Battle of Lutibu
The Battle of Lutibu was a battle fought in 858 BC at Lutibu, where Shalmaneser III of Assyria claimed victory over a coalition of Syro-Hittite and Aramean rulers.
Campaign of Shalmaneser III against Hazael
The campaign of Shalmaneser III against Hazael was an Assyrian attack on Aram-Damascus in 841 BC; Hazael was defeated but Damascus held, and Jehu of Israel paid tribute.
Campaign of Tiglath-Pileser III to Hatti (738 BC)
The campaign of Tiglath-Pileser III to Hatti in 738 BC was an Assyrian operation against the Syro-Hittite and Aramean states, defeating Hamat and annexing Unqi.
Capture of Damascus (732 BC)
The capture of Damascus in 732 BC, also called the Assyrian conquest of Damascus, saw Tiglath-pileser III besiege the city for 45 days, defeat King Rezin, and annex Aram-Damascus.
Deportations to Hamath
The deportations to Hamath were the population transfers after Sargon II destroyed the Syrian city of Hamath around 720 BC, settling Assyrians there and deporting Hamathites to Samaria.
Hazael's campaigns in Israel and Transjordan
Hazael's campaigns in Israel and Transjordan, also called Hazael's conquests, were the 9th-century BCE campaigns by which Hazael of Aram-Damascus reduced Israel, Judah, and Transjordan to vassalage.
Kirri
Kirri of Que was a king of the Cilician kingdom of Que, placed on its throne by Shalmaneser III of Assyria in 833 BC in place of his father Kate.
Revolt of Ilu-bi'di of Hamath
The Revolt of Ilu-bi'di of Hamath, led by Yau-bi'di, was an uprising against the Assyrian king Sargon II, crushed in 720 BC after a battle near Qarqar.
Siege of Arpad (743–740 BC)
The Siege of Arpad (743–740 BC) was the campaign by which Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III conquered Arpad, capital of the Aramean kingdom Bît-Aguši in northern Syria, after a battle with Urartu in 743 BC.
Siege of Damascus (841 BC)
The siege of Damascus in 841 BC was Shalmaneser III of Assyria's campaign against Hazael of Aram-Damascus, who was defeated in battle but not deposed.
Siege of Hadrach
The Siege of Hadrach is the conventional name for the Assyrian campaigns of Adad-nirari III against Hadrach, or Hatarikka, in northern Syria in the early eighth century BC.
Siege of Hazrak
The Siege of Hazrak was the blockade of Hazrak, likely Tell Afis near Aleppo, by a coalition under Bar-Hadad of Aram against Zakkur of Hamath around 790-780 BCE.
Tiglath-Pileser III's Syro-Hittite campaigns
The Levantine campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III (743–738 BC) were Assyrian operations that defeated Urartu, annexed Arpad after a three-year siege, and took Unqi and Hamat.
Treaty of Ashur-nirari V and Mati'ilu of Arpad
A Neo-Assyrian loyalty treaty (adê) concluded around 754 BC, in which the Assyrian king Ashur-nirari V bound Mati'ilu, king of Arpad, to obedience and military support, remembered chiefly for its elaborate curses.