philistine confederation

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Philistine Confederation

Philistine Confederation (Assyria)

Establishment

January 1199 BC: Philistine city-states formed a confederation ca. 1200 BC.

Chronology

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1. Campaigns of Sargon II

Military campaigns of Assyrian king Sargon II.

January 711 BC: In 712 BC, a local usurper, Iamani ascended the throne of the Philistine Confederation. That same year, he organized a failed uprising against Assyria. The Assyrian King Sargon II invaded Philistia which effectively became an Assyrian province.

2. Campaigns of Cyaxares

Military campaign of Median king Cyaxares.

2.1.Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire

Was a war fought between Media and Babylon against the Neo-Assyrian Empire that led to the fall of the latter.

2.1.1.Necho´s first campaign in syria

Was a military campaign by Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II that invaded the Levant to help the Assyrian in their war against Media and Babylon.

June 609 BC: Egyptian Pharaoh Necho led a sizable force to help the Assyrians. He soon captured Kadesh on the Orontes and moved forward, joining forces with Assyrian ruler Ashur-uballit and together they crossed the Euphrates and laid siege to Harran. Although Necho became the first pharaoh to cross the Euphrates since Thutmose III, he failed to capture Harran, and retreated back to northern Syria.

January 608 BC: Egyptian Pharaoh Necho led a sizable force to help the Assyrians. He soon captured Kadesh on the Orontes and moved forward, joining forces with Assyrian ruler Ashur-uballit and together they crossed the Euphrates and laid siege to Harran. Although Necho became the first pharaoh to cross the Euphrates since Thutmose III, he failed to capture Harran, and retreated back to northern Syria.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1029 BC: According to biblical accounts, the Davidic-Solomonic Empire, known as the United Monarchy of Israel in English-speaking countries, was a state in the eastern Mediterranean during the 10th century BC. This kingdom encompassed the territories that would later become the separate kingdoms of Judah and Israel.

January 608 BC: The Philistine Confederation became independent.

Disestablishment

January 603 BC: In 604 BC the Philistine Confederation, after having already been subjugated for centuries by Assyria, was finally destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia.