Kingdom of Moab

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An ancient kingdom whose territory is today located in the modern state of Jordan.

Establishment

January 1299 BC: The Kingdom of Moab existed since ca. 1300 BC in modern-day Jordan.

Chronology

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1. Campaigns of Cyaxares

Military campaign of Median king Cyaxares.

1.1.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.

1.1.1.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.

2. 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 799 BC: The Qedarites formed a powerful Arab tribal confederation which expanded its territory throughout the 9th to 7th centuries.

Disestablishment

January 399 BC: Sometime during the Persian period Moab disappears from the extant historical record. Its territory was subsequently overrun by waves of tribes from northern Arabia, including the Kedarites and, later the Nabataeans.