Neo-Assyrian expansion

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Neo-Assyrian expansion refers to the period of aggressive territorial growth and military campaigns by the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the first millennium BCE, during which it established dominance over much of the Near East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical process
imperial expansion
military expansion
hasCapital Dur-Sharrukin
Nimrud
Nineveh
hasConsequence creation of a large territorial empire
political domination of much of the Near East
spread of Akkadian language
spread of Assyrian culture
hasEndTime before 609 BCE
late 7th century BCE
hasKeyEvent Assyrian campaigns against Urartu
Assyrian conquest of Egypt
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
siege of Lachish
hasLocation Anatolia
Arabian Peninsula fringes
Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Iranian plateau
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Mesopotamia
Zagros Mountains region
linked to: Zagros Mountains
hasMainAgent Neo-Assyrian Empire
linked to: Assyria
hasMethod deportation of populations
direct provincial administration
installation of vassal rulers
military conquest
hasObjective control of trade routes
extraction of tribute
territorial control
hasSignificantPhase reign of Ashurbanipal
reign of Ashurnasirpal II
reign of Esarhaddon
linked to: Esarhaddon

reign of Sargon II
reign of Sennacherib
reign of Shalmaneser III
reign of Tiglath-Pileser III
hasStartTime 10th century BCE
reign of Ashur-dan II
influences Achaemenid Persian imperial administration
later Near Eastern imperial models
partOf history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
targets Aramean states
linked to: Arameans

Egypt under the Kushite 25th Dynasty
Elam
Kingdom of Israel
Kingdom of Judah
Phoenician city-states
Urartu
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
usesMilitaryInnovation iron weaponry
professional standing army
siege warfare techniques

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Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel partOf Neo-Assyrian expansion
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel timePeriod Neo-Assyrian period
linked to: Neo-Assyrian expansion
Siege of Samaria partOf Assyrian expansion in the Levant
linked to: Neo-Assyrian expansion
Ashurbanipal associatedWith Neo-Assyrian imperial expansion
linked to: Neo-Assyrian expansion
Kandalanu associatedWith Neo-Assyrian control of Babylon
linked to: Neo-Assyrian expansion
Fall of Samaria partOf Assyrian expansion
linked to: Neo-Assyrian expansion