israel (antiquity)

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country. Modern-day Israel is covered by a different cluster.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

United Monarchy of Israel

Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Israel (Assyria)

Establishment

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.

Chronology

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1. Campaigns of Tiglath-Pileser III

Military campaigns of Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III.

1.1.Syro-Ephraimite War

Was a war between the Neo-Assyrian Empire and its tributary states Aram-Damascus and Israel that decided to break away from the empire.

January 731 BC: Tiglath-Pileser III had the formerly independent states of Damascus and the northern part of Israel incorporated as provinces of his empire.

January 731 BC: Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III made the Kingdom of Israel dependent on him as tributary vassal state.

2. Campaigns of Sargon II

Military campaigns of Assyrian king Sargon II.

January 719 BC: The Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 720 BC under the reign of King Sargon II. This marked the end of Israel's independence and led to the exile of many Israelites.

3. Jewish-Babylonian war

Was a revolt of the Kingdom of Judah against the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

January 608 BC: In -609, King Josiah of Judah declared independence from the Assyrian Empire and established the Kingdom of Israel. This move was part of Josiah's efforts to assert Judah's sovereignty and religious identity.

January 596 BC: Following the siege of 597 BC, the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar installed Zedekiah as vassal king of Judah.

4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 999 BC: Ammon was an ancient Semitic-speaking nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.

January 929 BC: Following Solomon's death in c. 926 BC, tensions between the northern part of Israel, containing the ten northern tribes, and the southern section, dominated by Jerusalem and the southern tribes, reached a boiling point. In about the year 930 BC the Kingdom of Israel and Judah split into two kingdoms: the northern Kingdom of Israel, which included the cities of Shechem and Samaria.