Kings of assyria timeline software

The assyrian kings began a new period of expansion in the 9th century bce. King sennacherib of assyria sacks the city of lachish in judah but fails to take the capital jerusalem. The greatest assyrian kings were shalmaneser, sargon, sennacherib, and esarhaddon. List of kings in the assyrian empire old testament. At the height the assyrian empire the kingdom embraced the lands of the northern tigris, armenia, media, babylonia, elam, mesopotamia, syria, israel, judah, and the northern portion of egypt. Early settlers of assyria are believed to have come from babylonia genesis 10. Chronology of the kings of assyria the neoassyrian empire c. The next king, ashurnasirpal ii 883859 bc, embarked on a vast program of expansion. Timeline of the assyrian empire mesopotamian religion military history of the neoassyrian empire.

Reign of shamashi adad i who drives out amorites, secures border of assyria, makes ashur capital. Reflections on the chronology of the sculpture, anatoliarl. This king list covers a period of about years, beginning with the kings of babylon after the accession of nabonassar in 747 bc. Ashurbanipal succeeds his father as king of the assyrian empire. Babylonian and assyrian mesopotamian chronology, 747 to 539 bc. The timeline of the assyrian empire lists the kings, their successors and the major events that. Ashuruballit ii assurubali either a usurper or possibly the brother of sinsharraishkun. Issuance of the loyal treaty of queen of assyria naqiazakutu, ensuring the succession of ashurbanipal as king. The first assyrian empire is soon taken over by the babylonians. The text itself belongs to the period of the roman empire and was written by a greek astronomer resident in egypt. This king list covers a period of about 1,000 years, beginning with the kings of babylon after the accession of nabonassar in 747 bc. The source from which the exploration of mesopotamian chronology started is a text called ptolemys canon. On the ruins of the city of nineveh the ancient assyrian capital, on a relief can be seen the chivalry of king ashurbanipal 669627 bc fighting arab camel riders even today, neoassyrians. Reign of ashuruballit i who conquers the hittites and.

While it is possible that this annexation by assuruballit was conceived as the first step in a larger program of conquest, it also. The rise of assyria three the imperialisation of assyria. Issiak assur in the early and old periods, was the ruler of the ancient mesopotamian kingdom of assyria, which existed from approximately the 26th century bc to the 7th century bc. In the eleventh year of zedekiahs reign, the king of babylon took the. Assyria was invaded and conquered by a coalition of the medes and babylonians. Babylonian kings depend on assyrian military support. Adadnirari i was the first assyrian king who marched against the remnants of the. Tukultininurta established a new royal city on the opposite side of the tigris from ashur and named it kartukultininurta. Dates from 1179 to 912 bc, although less secure than dates from 911 bc onwards, are not subject to the chronology debate. Assyria reached its greatest extent during this socalled middle assyrian period under the warrior king tukultininurta i r. The new hebrew kings chronology was made possible by recent biblical. All modern lists of assyrian kings generally follow the assyrian king list, a list kept and developed by. Disappointed him enough to make him say, i will make you return by the way you came 2 kings 19.