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Assyria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1846 words) |
 | The city of Ashur was conquered by Shamshi-Adad I (1813-1791 BC) in the expansion of Amorite tribes from the Khabur delta. |
 | 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). |
| 740s BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (136 words) |
 | Centuries: 9th century BC - 8th century BC - 7th century BC |
 | 743 BC - Duke Zhuang of the Chinese state of Zheng comes to power. |
 | 740 BC - Tiglath-Pileser III conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after two years of siege. |