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Alexander Jannaeus's conquest of Gaza
Alexander Jannaeus's conquest of Gaza was the Hasmonean king's year-long siege and capture of the wealthy Arabian-trade port of Gaza around 96 BC, ending the city's independence.
Ammonite revolt against Babylon
The Ammonite revolt against Babylon was a 594/593 BC conspiracy in which an Ammonite king joined envoys of Edom, Moab, Tyre, and Sidon plotting against Nebuchadnezzar II.
Aretas IV's seizure of Damascus
Aretas IV's seizure of Damascus was the transfer of the city to the Nabataean king Aretas IV around AD 37, known mainly from 2 Corinthians 11:32.
Assurbanipal's campaign against Yauta' of Qedar
Assurbanipal's campaign against Yauta' (Uate') of Qedar was a series of Assyrian military operations in North Arabia, begun around 652 BC when Yauta' joined a Babylonian revolt.
Battle of Cana
The Battle of Cana was a battle around the 80s BC in which the Nabataeans defeated and killed the Seleucid king Antiochus XII Dionysus; his fleeing army starved at Cana.
Battle of Gadara
The Battle of Gadara was a defeat inflicted around 93 BC by the Nabataean king Obodas I on the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus, ending his first Transjordanian conquests.
Campaign of Sargon II against Philistia and Judah
The campaign of Sargon II against Philistia and Judah, in 720 BC, defeated Hanunu of Gaza and his Egyptian allies at Raphia, restoring Assyrian control of the Philistine coast.
Campaign of Sennacherib against the Arab tribes
Sennacherib's campaign against the Arab tribes, about 690 BC, was an Assyrian expedition deep into northern Arabia that captured the Qedarite stronghold Adummatu, modern Dumat al-Jandal.
Destruction of Ashkelon (604 BC)
The destruction of Ashkelon in 604 BC was Nebuchadnezzar II's capture and burning of the Philistine port city, recorded in the Babylonian Chronicle and confirmed by archaeology.
Destruction of Ekron (603 BC)
The destruction of Ekron (603 BC), also dated 604 BC, was the Babylonian burning of the Philistine city of Ekron by Nebuchadnezzar II, ending large-scale occupation at Tel Miqne.
Fall of Ashdod
The fall of Ashdod was the capture of the Philistine city of Ashdod by an Egyptian force under Psammetichus I, replacing Assyria as suzerain around 636 BC.
Mesha's revolt
Mesha's revolt, the rebellion of Mesha, king of Moab, against Israelite domination in the mid-9th century BC, ended Moab's vassal status and made Moab an independent kingdom.
Moabite submission to Shalmaneser III
The Moabite submission to Shalmaneser III concerns Moab's position during the Assyrian king's decades-long western campaigns against the Damascus coalition that met him at Qarqar in 853 BC.
Nabonidus's conquest of Dedan
Nabonidus's conquest of Dedan was the capture of the oasis kingdom of Dadān (modern al-ʿUlā in Saudi Arabia) by Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, around 553 BC.
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns against Ammon and Moab
Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns against Ammon and Moab were Babylonian military operations between roughly 604 and 582 BC that reduced Ammon to vassalage and then a province, while Moab was destroyed.
Sargon II's campaign against Ashdod
Sargon II's campaign against Ashdod, also known as the Capture of Ashdod (712 BC), was the Assyrian suppression of a revolt in Ashdod in 711 BC.
Sennacherib's campaign against Hazael of Qedar
Sennacherib's campaign against Hazael of Qedar was an Assyrian military expedition against the Arab tribes of North Arabia between 691 and 689 BCE, capturing the desert fortress of Adummatu.
Siege of Ekron
The siege of Ekron in 701 BC was Sennacherib of Assyria's suppression of a revolt in the Philistine city of Ekron, whose people had deposed King Padi.
Siege of Gath by Hazael
Hazael's capture of Gath was the siege and capture of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael, king of Aram-Damascus, around 830 BCE, recorded in 2 Kings 12:17-19.
Tiglath-Pileser III's campaign to Philistia and Transjordan
Tiglath-Pileser III's campaign to Philistia and Transjordan was a series of Assyrian campaigns in 734–732 BC that reduced the Philistine cities and Galilee to tribute and annexed Damascus.