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2 days ago · 28 May 2024. Bern, 24.05.2024 - Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider returned three archaeological cultural goods of great significance to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq, Mr Fouad Hussein. These three Mesopotamian objects, which are between 1,700 and 2,800 years old, had been confiscated ...
1 day ago · Sargon II (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒈗𒁺, romanized: Šarru-kīn, meaning "the faithful king" or "the legitimate king") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 722 BC to his death in battle in 705. Probably the son of Tiglath-Pileser III (r. 745–727), Sargon is generally believed to have become king after overthrowing Shalmaneser V (r.
1 day ago · Babylon's internal and external weakness led to its conquest by the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III in 729 BC. During the expansion of Assyria into a major empire, the Assyrians had conquered various neighboring kingdoms, either annexing them as Assyrian provinces or turning them into vassal states.
1 day ago · While Tiglath-Pileser III was campaigning against Urartu in 739 BC, the Levantine states formed a new alliance, headed by the king Azriyau of Ḥamat, and including various Phoenician cities ranging from Arqa to Ṣumur and multiple Aramaean states from Śamʾal in the north to Ḥamat in the south, which was defeated by Tiglath-Pileser III in ...
5 days ago · In 734 bce much of Galilee’s Jewish population was exiled after the victory of the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III over the Israelite kingdom. Later, the region became known as Jesus’ boyhood home and, thereafter, the site of most of his public ministry. Most of the miracles recounted in the New Testament were performed in Galilee.
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2 days ago · Assyrian relief depicting battle with camel riders, from Nimrud Central Palace, Tiglath Pileser III, 728 BCE, British Museum. The support of the Arabic and other tribes of the Sinai Peninsula had been crucial in Esarhaddon's 671 BC Egyptian campaign.
3 days ago · By 800 BCE Nimrud had grown to 75,000 inhabitants making it the largest city in the world.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrud This painting is an artistical representation, based on archaeological finds, of the interior of the palace of Tiglath-pileser III, king of Syria (7th century BCE).
