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Tiglath-Pileser III (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, meaning "my trust belongs to the son of Ešarra"; Biblical Hebrew: תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר Tīglaṯ Pīlʾeser) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 745 BC to his death in 727.
- 745–727 BC
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Maps of the Middle East, BCE: The Assyrian Empire under Tilgat-Pileser III. Tiglat-Pileser III performed several campaigns to reassert his sovereignty over vassal kingdoms. He carried out two deportations of Israelites: “Tiglat-Pilne’'eser king of Ashur carried them away, even the Re’uveni, and the Gadi, and the half-tribe of Menasheh ...
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Jun 19, 2014 · Tiglath Pileser III (745-727 BCE) was among the most powerful kings of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and, according to many scholars, the founder of the empire (as opposed to the claims for Adad Nirari II (912-891 BCE) or Ashurnasirpal II (884-859 BCE) as founder).
- Joshua J. Mark
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.
The empire thrived for a few hundred years, before declining around 1200 B.C.E.. Starting in the year 745 B.C.E., the Assyrian Empire began to revive behind the leadership of Tiglath-Pileser. Tiglath-Pileser began by marching his army into Babylon in 745. He then attacked all the tribes around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, including the ...
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.