Kingdom of Judah (Assyria)

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Was an Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. The kingdom controlled Judea and its capital was Jerusalem. It emerged form the United Monarchy of Israel when it was divided between in israel and Judah. It was later conquered by the Assyrian Empire.

Establishment

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

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.

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. 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.