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Shalmaneser III's Babylonian campaign
Shalmaneser III's Babylonian campaign was an Assyrian intervention in 851 and 850 BC that aided King Marduk-zākir-šumi of Babylon against his rebellious brother Marduk-bēl-usāti, who was killed.
Shalmaneser III's campaign against Damascus
Shalmaneser III's campaign against Damascus was an Assyrian invasion of Aram-Damascus in 841 BC, in which Shalmaneser defeated Hazael but could not take the city.
Shalmaneser III's campaigns against Damascus
Shalmaneser III's campaigns against Damascus were Assyrian offensives fought between 853 and 838 BC, first against Hadadezer and then Hazael, ending with Damascus weakened but never conquered.
Shalmaneser III's campaigns against Que
Shalmaneser III's campaigns against Que, also known as his campaigns in Cilicia, were Assyrian military expeditions against Que, the Cilician plain around Adana, in 858 and 839-831 BC.
Shamash-shum-ukin's revolt
Shamash-shum-ukin's revolt was a civil war from 652 to 648 BCE between Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, king of Babylonia, and his brother Assurbanipal of Assyria, ending with the fall of Babylon and the rebel king's death.
Siege of Azekah
The siege of Azekah was the capture of the Judahite fortress city of Azekah by Sennacherib's Assyrian army in 701 BC, during his campaign against Hezekiah.
Siege of Babylon (650–648 BC)
The siege of Babylon (650–648 BC) was the two-year Assyrian siege of rebel-held Babylon, which fell to famine, ending the civil war between Ashurbanipal and his brother Shamash-shum-ukin.
Siege of Babylon (689 BC)
The siege of Babylon in 689 BC was the capture and destruction of the city by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, ending the revolt of the pretender Mushezib-Marduk.
Siege of Samaria (724–722 BC)
The siege of Samaria, also called the fall of Samaria, was the Assyrian capture of Israel's capital under its last king, Hoshea, ending the kingdom as an independent state.
Siege of Tyre (671 BC)
The siege of Tyre in 671 BC was Esarhaddon's blockade of the island city, forcing King Baal I to submit, pay tribute, and cede mainland towns.
Siege of Tyre (725 BC)
The Siege of Tyre (725 BC) was an Assyrian siege by Shalmaneser V, who cut the island city of Tyre off from its mainland water supply for five years.
Tiglath-pileser III's Babylonian campaign
Tiglath-pileser III's Babylonian campaign was an Assyrian intervention in Babylonia from 731 to 729 BC that defeated Mukin-zeri and put Tiglath-pileser on the Babylonian throne.
Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns in Philistia
Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns in Philistia were the Assyrian king's operations of 734 to 732 BC against Gaza, Ashkelon, Arab tribes, and Transjordanian kingdoms, ending in Assyrian control.
Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns to Media
Tiglath-pileser III's campaigns to Media were Assyrian military operations against the Median chieftains of the Iranian plateau, beginning in 744 BC and reaching the Salt Desert in 737.
Tiglath-pileser III's Urartu campaign
Tiglath-pileser III's Urartu campaign was the Assyrian offensive of 743 BC, in which Tiglath-pileser III routed Sarduri II of Urartu and his Syrian allies in Kummuḫ (Commagene).
Tribute of Jehu
The Tribute of Jehu was the submission of King Jehu of Israel to Shalmaneser III of Assyria in 841 BC, depicted on the Black Obelisk.
Tribute of Menahem
The Tribute of Menahem was the payment of 1,000 talents of silver by Menahem of Israel to the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III, generally dated to 738 BC.
Western campaigns of Adad-nirari III
The western campaigns of Adad-nirari III were Assyrian expeditions into the Levant between about 805 and 796 BC, culminating in the siege of Damascus in 796 BC.