Fall of Samaria

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The Fall of Samaria was the 722 BCE Assyrian conquest and destruction of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, leading to the exile and dispersion of its population.

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fall of Samaria 3
Fall of Samaria canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian conquest
historical event
military conquest
siege
aftermath integration of the territory into the Assyrian provincial system
approximateYear c. 722 BCE
attacker Neo-Assyrian Empire
belligerent Northern Kingdom of Israel
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Neo-Assyrian Empire
capitalOfDefeatedState Samaria
category 8th century BCE in the Kingdom of Israel
Israelite kingdoms
surface form: Ancient Israel and Judah

Military history of the Ancient Near East
Sieges involving the Assyrian Empire
cause Assyrian imperial expansion policy
rebellion of the Kingdom of Israel against Assyria
conflict Assyrian–Israelite conflict
consequence Assyrian provincial reorganization of the region
deportation of Israelites to Assyria
formation of later Samaritan community context
resettlement of foreign populations in Samaria
country Northern Kingdom of Israel
surface form: Kingdom of Israel
date 722 BCE
defeatedEntity Northern Kingdom of Israel
surface form: Kingdom of Israel
defender Northern Kingdom of Israel
surface form: Kingdom of Israel
historicalEra Ancient Near East
historicalPeriod Iron Age II
surface form: Iron Age
mentionedIn 2 Kings 17
Assyrian inscriptions
surface form: Assyrian royal inscriptions

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
partOf Neo-Assyrian expansion
surface form: Assyrian expansion

history of ancient Israel
history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
place Samaria
region Levant region
surface form: Levant
religiousSignificance key event in biblical history
result Assyrian control over Samaria
destruction of Samaria
dispersion of Israelite population
end of the Kingdom of Israel as an independent state
exile of Israelite population
fall of the northern Kingdom of Israel
significance marked the loss of political autonomy for the northern tribes of Israel
victoriousEntity Neo-Assyrian Empire

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Hoshea event Fall of Samaria
Shalmaneser V associatedWith Fall of Samaria
this entity surface form: fall of Samaria
annals of Sargon II describesEvent Fall of Samaria
subject surface form: Annals of Sargon II
this entity surface form: fall of Samaria
Siege of Samaria result Fall of Samaria
this entity surface form: fall of Samaria