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Assyria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1884 words) |
 | Ashurnasirpal's son, Shalmaneser III (858-823 BC), fought against Urartu, and in the reign of Ahab, king of Israel, he marched an army against an alliance of the Syrian states (a rare occasion in near-eastern history of an alliance between the Isareli State and the Aramaic Kingdom), whose allied army he encountered at Karkar (854). |
 | In 738 BC, in the reign of Menahem, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III occupied Philistia and invaded Israel, imposing on it a heavy tribute (2 Kings 15:19). |
 | Tiglath-Pileser III died in 727 BC, and was succeeded by Shalmaneser V. |
| Mitanni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4589 words) |
 | In the 14th century BC there were numerous city-states in northern Syria and Palestine ruled by persons with names in the Hurrian language. |
 | It is believed that the warring Hurrian tribes and city states became united under one dynasty after the collapse of Babylon due to the Hittite sack by Mursili I in 1595 BC and the Kassite invasion. |
 | Sattuara II, son or nephew of Wasashatta 1280 BC-1270 BC, defeated by Shalmaneser I. |