Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- List of text-figures
- Preface
- PART I ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA
- 21 Babylonia in the shadow of Assyria (747–626 B.C.)
- 22 Assyria: Tiglath-Pileser III to Sargon II (744–705 B.C.)
- 23 Assyria: Sennacherib and Esarhaddon (704–669 B.C.)
- 24 Assyria 668-635 B.C.: the reign of Ashurbanipal
- 25 The fall of Assyria (635–609 B.C.)
- 26 Assyrian civilization
- 27 Babylonia 605–539 B.C.
- 28 The culture of Babylonia
- PART II THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE BLACK SEA
- Chronological Table
- Note on The Calendar
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index
- Map 11: Phoenician and Punic sites in Spain
- Map 13: Scythia
- Map 14: Thrace
- References
22 - Assyria: Tiglath-Pileser III to Sargon II (744–705 B.C.)
from PART I - ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2008
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- List of text-figures
- Preface
- PART I ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA
- 21 Babylonia in the shadow of Assyria (747–626 B.C.)
- 22 Assyria: Tiglath-Pileser III to Sargon II (744–705 B.C.)
- 23 Assyria: Sennacherib and Esarhaddon (704–669 B.C.)
- 24 Assyria 668-635 B.C.: the reign of Ashurbanipal
- 25 The fall of Assyria (635–609 B.C.)
- 26 Assyrian civilization
- 27 Babylonia 605–539 B.C.
- 28 The culture of Babylonia
- PART II THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE BLACK SEA
- Chronological Table
- Note on The Calendar
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index
- Map 11: Phoenician and Punic sites in Spain
- Map 13: Scythia
- Map 14: Thrace
- References
Summary
The rebirth of the Assyrian empire after the dark days of ‘the Interval’ is the main theme during the period covered by this chapter. Tiglathpileser III devoted his entire career to fighting on foreign campaigns and, after a brief interlude under Shalmaneser V, Tiglath-pileser's mantle fell upon Sargon II, who not only continued the extensive offensive but also began to find time for non-military matters. By the end of the era with which this chapter is concerned the Assyrian empire had become the largest political power the world had ever seen, and the conquest of Egypt was a tantalizing possibility.
TIGLATH-PILESER III (744–727 B.C.)
The eclipse of Assyria during the Interval came to an end with the accession of Tiglath-pileser III, who achieved his goal of restoring Assyrian fortunes by a series of campaigns of exceptional intensity; the west was reconquered, Urartu was intimidated, and the Babylonian crown was placed on the Assyrian king's head. Sources for the reign are more numerous than for the preceding decades and consist of royal inscriptions, chronographic texts, letters, legal and administrative documents, and sculptured reliefs found at Calah (below, pp. 83–4). The annals of Tiglath-pileser are in a very bad state of preservation and there are many problems and gaps in our knowledge, although a study being prepared by Tadmor is making great strides forward with this material. A curious feature of the chronology is that Tiglath-pileser's annalists numbered the years of his reign (palû) according to his campaigns, and thus the first palû is actually his accession year, since he campaigned in Babylonia that year.
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- The Cambridge Ancient History , pp. 71 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992
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