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...ed 745-727 BC) and is widely regarded as the founder of the [[Neo-Assyrian Empire]]. He is considered one of the most successful military commanders in world ...been a usurper who assumed the name of a more legitimate predecessor. The Assyrian kingdom had seriously weakened after the death of [[Shalmaneser III]] (859

...ean, a distance in a direct line of about 1,000 miles. The name Elam is an Assyrian word meaning “high.” [[Image:Elam_Map.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Map showing the area of the Elamite Empire (in red) and the neighboring areas. The approximate Bronze Age extension of

[[Image:Elam_Map.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Map showing the area of the Elamite Empire (in red) and the neighboring areas.]] ...ountry, which was ravaged with fire and sword. On the fall of the Assyrian Empire, Elam passed into the hands of the Persians” (A.H. Sayce).

...the "Exile" of Israel. Later the [[Babylonians]] overtook the [[Assyrian Empire]], and the northern 10 tribes became "lost", and are now known as the [[Los

...t risen to replace it, and [[Egypt]] to the west was still recovering from Assyrian rule. This favored the resurgence of the prowess of [[Jerusalem]], which Jo

...BC, the kings of [[Israel]] continued to lose power, yielding to the great empire from the north. ...the south. [[King Ahaz]] of Judah called on Tiglath-Pilasser to help. The Assyrian army needed little to entice them to wage a campaign against its southern n

'''Nineveh''' was the capital of the empire of Assyria. It now lay in ruins on the banks of the Tigris river in what i The Assyrian leader [[Sennacherib]] made Nineveh a great city. Since the city was locat