Campaigns of Shalmaneser III
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Military campaigns of Assyrian king Shalmaneser III.
Chronology
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January 840 BC: Sidon conquered by assyria.
January 855 BC: In 856 BC, Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC), son and successor of Ashurnasirpal II, during one of his military expeditions, took over Bit-Zamani and annexed the territory of this state to one of the Assyrian provinces.
January 848 BC: Shalmaneser took the neo Hittite state of Carchemish in 849 BC.
January 841 BC: In 842 BC, the Assyrian king led an army against Hazael, King of Damascus, besieging the city and forcing tribute, but not taking it.
January 840 BC: Tyre conquered by assyria.
January 840 BC: The Assyrian conquest of Phoenicia began with King Shalmaneser III, who rose to power in 858 BC and began a series of campaigns against neighboring states. The Phoenician city-states fell under his rule, forced to pay heavy tribute in money.
January 823 BC: Babylon was occupied, and Babylonia reduced to vassalage by the Assyrian Empire.
January 854 BC: In 856-5 BC, the kingdom of Bit-Adini was conquered and absorbed into the Assyrian Empire.
Was a war of Ancient Egypt against Assyria for the domain of the Levant.
