33 events with tag "Assyria"
1350 BC
ID: 3609
Ashur-uballit I establishes Assyrian independence from Mitanni - beginning of Middle Assyrian Empire
ID: 3609
1307 BC
ID: 4629
Adad-nirari I defeats Hanigalbat (remnant of Mitanni) - establishes Assyrian control over upper Mesopotamia
ID: 4629
1274 BC
ID: 3611
Shalmaneser I conquers Mitanni completely - Assyria becomes dominant power in northern Mesopotamia
ID: 3611
1244 BC
ID: 3613
Tukulti-Ninurta I captures Babylon - first Assyrian to rule both Assyria and Babylonia
ID: 3613
1235 BC
ID: 4630
Tukulti-Ninurta I builds new capital Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta across from Ashur
ID: 4630
1207 BC
ID: 4631
Tukulti-Ninurta I assassinated by his sons - beginning of Middle Assyrian decline
ID: 4631
1115 BC
ID: 3615
Tiglath-Pileser I reaches Mediterranean - Assyrian Empire at greatest extent of Middle period
ID: 3615
1074 BC
ID: 4632
Ashur-bel-kala makes peace with Babylon through dynastic marriage - temporary stabilization
ID: 4632
883 BC
ID: 3617
Ashurnasirpal II begins Neo-Assyrian expansion - brutal campaigns, builds new capital at Nimrud
ID: 3617
853 BC
ID: 2756
Battle of Qarqar - Ahab joins coalition against Shalmaneser III of Assyria (confirmed by Assyrian records)
ID: 2756
853 BC
ID: 3618
Battle of Qarqar - Shalmaneser III fights coalition of 12 kings including Ahab of Israel
ID: 3618
841 BC
ID: 2760
Jehu pays tribute to Shalmaneser III - depicted on Black Obelisk, earliest depiction of Israelite king
ID: 2760
811 BC
ID: 4634
Shammu-ramat (Semiramis) becomes regent - powerful queen mother rules for young Adad-nirari III
ID: 4634
763 BC
ID: 4635
June 15, 763 BC
Solar eclipse at Nineveh - recorded in Assyrian eponym lists, used to date ancient Near Eastern chronology
ID: 4635
745 BC
ID: 3619
Tiglath-Pileser III seizes power - reforms army, begins systematic deportation policy
ID: 3619
738 BC
ID: 4636
Tiglath-Pileser III conquers Damascus and receives tribute from Menahem of Israel
ID: 4636
717 BC
ID: 4637
Sargon II builds new capital at Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad) - never completed
ID: 4637
705 BC
ID: 3620
Sennacherib becomes king - moves capital to Nineveh, builds 'Palace without Rival'
ID: 3620
701 BC
ID: 4638
Siege of Lachish - Sennacherib captures second most important city in Judah, commemorated in palace reliefs
ID: 4638
689 BC
ID: 4639
Sennacherib destroys Babylon completely - floods the city, shocking the ancient world
ID: 4639
681 BC
ID: 4640
Sennacherib assassinated by his sons in temple of Nisroch - Esarhaddon takes throne
ID: 4640
671 BC
ID: 3621
Esarhaddon conquers Egypt - Assyrian Empire reaches maximum extent
ID: 3621
671 BC
ID: 3688
Assyrians invade Egypt - Esarhaddon defeats Taharqa, Kushites retreat but maintain Nubia
ID: 3688
668 BC
ID: 3622
Ashurbanipal becomes king - creates world's first library at Nineveh with 30,000 tablets
ID: 3622
663 BC
ID: 4641
Ashurbanipal sacks Thebes in Egypt - furthest extent of Assyrian power
ID: 4641
652 BC
ID: 4642
Shamash-shum-ukin rebels against brother Ashurbanipal - beginning of destructive Assyrian civil war
ID: 4642
648 BC
ID: 4643
Ashurbanipal defeats and kills brother Shamash-shum-ukin - Babylon destroyed again after 4-year siege
ID: 4643
646 BC
ID: 4644
Ashurbanipal destroys Susa - capital of Elam razed, ending 2000-year-old civilization
ID: 4644
627 BC
ID: 4645
Death of Ashurbanipal - succession crisis weakens empire as multiple claimants fight for throne
ID: 4645
626 BC
ID: 3669
Nabopolassar founds Neo-Babylonian Empire - rebels against Assyria, establishes Chaldean dynasty
ID: 3669
612 BC
ID: 3623
August 612 BC
Fall of Nineveh - Medes and Babylonians destroy Assyrian capital, empire collapses
ID: 3623
609 BC
ID: 4646
Battle of Harran - last Assyrian army under Ashur-uballit II defeated, final end of Assyria
ID: 4646
605 BC
ID: 4647
Battle of Carchemish - Nebuchadnezzar defeats remnant Assyrian-Egyptian forces, Babylon supreme
ID: 4647