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Capture of Babylon by Tiglath-Pileser III
The capture of Babylon by Tiglath-Pileser III in 729 BC saw the Assyrian king defeat Nabu-mukin-zeri, take the hands of Bel, and reign as Pulu.
Capture of Carchemish
The Capture of Carchemish was the conquest in 717 BC of the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Carchemish by the Assyrian king Sargon II, who deported its last king, Pisiri.
Capture of Dur-Yakin
The capture of Dur-Yakin, or Fall of Dûr-Yakîn, was Sargon II's siege and destruction of the Chaldean prince Marduk-apla-iddina II's stronghold in southern Babylonia, 709–707 BC.
Deportation of the tribes of Naphtali and Gilead
The deportation of the tribes of Naphtali and Gilead was the removal of Israelites from Galilee and Gilead by the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III during his campaigns of 734–732 BC.
Deportations of Hilakku and Tabal populations by Sargon II
The deportations of Hilakku and Tabal populations were forced removals ordered by Sargon II of Assyria in southern Anatolia, including the exile of Kiakki in 718 BC.
Esarhaddon's Arabian campaigns
Esarhaddon's Arabian campaigns were Assyrian military operations around 677-676 BC against the desert land of Bazu, whose eight rulers Esarhaddon defeated, and the Arabs under King Hazael.
Esarhaddon's campaign against Baal of Tyre
Esarhaddon's campaign against Baal of Tyre was the 671 BC blockade that starved the island city until King Baal submitted, paid tribute, and lost his mainland towns.
Esarhaddon's first Egyptian campaign
Esarhaddon's first Egyptian campaign was a failed Assyrian invasion of Egypt in 673 BC, defeated by the Kushite pharaoh Taharqo; Esarhaddon returned and captured Memphis in 671 BC.
Fall of Harran (610 BC)
The fall of Harran in 610 BC was the capture of Harran, the last capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, by Babylonian and Median forces under Nabopolassar.
Fall of Nineveh (612 BC)
The Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC was the capture and sack of the Neo-Assyrian capital by a Babylonian and Median coalition after a three-month siege, ending the empire.
Fall of Tarbisu
The Fall of Tarbisu was the capture in 614 BC of the Assyrian city of Tarbisu, near Nineveh, by the Medes under Cyaxares during the final war against Assyria.
Foundation of Dur-Sharrukin
The foundation of Dur-Sharrukin was the creation of an entirely new Assyrian capital by King Sargon II, begun in 717 BCE at modern Khorsabad in northern Iraq.
Foundation of Nimrud (Kalhu) as capital
The foundation of Nimrud as capital, also called the refoundation of Calah, was Ashurnasirpal II's 879 BC rebuilding of ruined Kalhu as the Assyrian capital.
Gyges' tribute to Ashurbanipal
Gyges' tribute to Ashurbanipal was a payment sent to Nineveh in the mid-660s BC by Gyges, king of Lydia, after a dream promised victory over the Cimmerians.
Kition stele
The Kition stele is a basalt monument of the Assyrian king Sargon II, found at Kition near modern Larnaka, Cyprus, recording tribute from seven Cypriot kings around 709 BC.
Pax Assyriaca
Pax Assyriaca is a modern term for the period of Neo-Assyrian hegemony, especially under Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal, when the empire prospered and fought no major internal wars.
Phoenicia under Assyrian rule
Phoenicia under Assyrian rule was the period from the 9th to the late 7th century BC when cities like Tyre and Sidon paid tribute to Assyria.
Rebuilding of Babylon by Esarhaddon
The rebuilding of Babylon by Esarhaddon was the Assyrian king's restoration of the city his father Sennacherib sacked in 689 BC, rebuilding Esagil and restoring Marduk's cult.
Revolt of Arrapha
The Revolt of Arrapha was an uprising in the Assyrian provincial city of Arrapha, modern Kirkuk, recorded for 761 and 760 BC under King Ashur-dan III.
Revolt of Ashur-danin-apla
The Revolt of Ashur-danin-apla, the Assyrian civil war of 827–824 BC, was a six-year succession war in which the prince fought his brother Shamshi-Adad V.
Revolt of Assur
The Revolt of Assur was a rebellion in the Assyrian city of Aššur in 763 BCE, under King Aššur-dān III, recorded alongside a solar eclipse.
Revolt of Guzana
The Revolt of Guzana was an uprising at Guzana, biblical Gozan and modern Tell Halaf, against Assyrian rule in 758 BC, recorded in the Eponym Chronicle under Ashur-dan III.
Sack of Babylon (689 BC)
The sack of Babylon in 689 BC, also called the destruction of Babylon, was carried out by the Assyrian king Sennacherib after suppressing Mušezib-Marduk's revolt.
Sack of Susa (647 BC)
The sack of Susa was the destruction of the Elamite capital Susa by Ashurbanipal's Assyrian army in the mid-640s BC, dated to 647 or 646 BC.
Sargon II's campaigns against Media
Sargon II's campaigns against Media were Assyrian military operations against the city-lords of western Iran, mainly between 716 and 713 BC, creating the provinces Kar-Šarrukin and Kar-Nergal.
Sasî movement
The Sasî movement was a conspiracy of Assyrian officials and soldiers who sought to depose King Esarhaddon and install the pretender Sasî, ending in mass executions in 670 BC.
Sennacherib's campaign against Elam
Sennacherib's campaign against Elam was the Assyrian king Sennacherib's war of 691 BC against a coalition led by Elam under Humban-nimena, culminating in the battle of Halule on the Tigris.
Sennacherib's campaign against Elam (694 BC)
Sennacherib's campaign against Elam of 694 BC was a seaborne Assyrian attack on Elamite coastal towns that ended when Elam sacked Sippar and captured his son.
Sennacherib's campaign against the Arabs
Sennacherib's campaign against the Arabs was an Assyrian expedition of 691–689 BC against Queen Te'elkhunu and Khazāʾil, capturing Adummatu, modern Dūmat al-Jandal in Saudi Arabia.
Sennacherib's Median campaigns
Sennacherib's Median campaigns were the Zagros military activity of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (r. 705–681 BC), chiefly his 702 BC expedition against the kingdom of Ellipi.