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Adad-nirari III or Ashur-nirari V. Tiglath-Pileser III [b] ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, [4] meaning "my trust belongs to the son of Ešarra"; [2] [c] Biblical Hebrew: תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר Tīglaṯ Pīlʾeser) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 745 BC to his death in 727. One of the most ...
Nov 8, 2019 · November 8, 2019 Bryan Windle. Tiglath-Pileser III: An Archaeological Biography. One of the greatest Assyrian kings is the subject of our next bioarchaeography: Tiglath-Pileser III. The Incirli Stele is an ancient boundary stone with a Phoenician inscription that dates to the 8th century BC.
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Tiglath-Pileser III (Akkadian: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, "my trust is in the son of Esharra") was a prominent king of Assyria in the eighth century B.C.E. (745–727 B.C.E.). He initiated a major phase of Assyrian expansion and is widely regarded as the founder of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Tiglath-pileser III, king of Assyria (744-727 BC) Assyria's territories were greatly enlarged during the reign of Tiglath-pileser (or Tiglatpileser) III who annexed regions to the west of the Euphrates river and to the east of the Zagros main ridge. In 729 BC, this Assyrian king also seized the crown of Babylon.
Tiglath-pileser III (reigned 745-727 B.C.), king of Assyria, was an able warrior and administrator who laid the foundations of the Late Assyrian Empire. Tiglath-pileser or in Assyrian, Tukulti-apal-Eshara, was almost certainly an adopted name chosen in emulation of an earlier warrior-king.
Tiglath-pileser III, (flourished 8th century bc ), King of Assyria (r. 745–727 bc) who led the last and greatest phase of Assyrian expansion. On taking the throne, he immediately set about strengthening Assyria.
Tiglath-Pileser III, King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, sacked the northern Kingdom of Israel and annexed the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh in Gilead. People from these tribes were taken captive and resettled in the region of the Khabur River , in Halah , Habor, Hara and Gozan ( 1 Chronicles 5:26 ).
