Neo-Assyrian expansion

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historical process imperial expansion military expansion

Neo-Assyrian expansion refers to the period of aggressive territorial growth and military campaigns by the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the first millennium BCE, during which it established dominance over much of the Near East.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Assyrian expansion 1
Assyrian expansion in the Levant 1
Neo-Assyrian control of Babylon 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical process ⓘ
imperial expansion ⓘ
military expansion ⓘ
hasCapital Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
Nimrud ⓘ
Nineveh ⓘ
hasConsequence creation of a large territorial empire ⓘ
political domination of much of the Near East ⓘ
spread of Akkadian language ⓘ
spread of Assyrian culture ⓘ
hasEndTime before 609 BCE ⓘ
late 7th century BCE ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Assyrian–Urartian wars ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian campaigns against Urartu

Assyrian conquest of Egypt ⓘ
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
siege of Lachish ⓘ
hasLocation Anatolia ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula fringes ⓘ
Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Egypt

Iranian plateau ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Zagros Mountains region
hasMainAgent Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire
hasMethod deportation of populations ⓘ
direct provincial administration ⓘ
installation of vassal rulers ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
hasObjective control of trade routes ⓘ
extraction of tribute ⓘ
territorial control ⓘ
hasSignificantPhase reign of Ashurbanipal ⓘ
reign of Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
Esarhaddon ⓘ
surface form: reign of Esarhaddon

reign of Sargon II ⓘ
reign of Sennacherib ⓘ
reign of Shalmaneser III ⓘ
reign of Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
hasStartTime 10th century BCE ⓘ
reign of Ashur-dan II ⓘ
influences Achaemenid Persian imperial administration ⓘ
later Near Eastern imperial models ⓘ
partOf history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
targets Arameans ⓘ
surface form: Aramean states

Egypt under the Kushite 25th Dynasty ⓘ
Elam ⓘ
Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Israel

Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician city-states

Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ
surface form: Urartu
usesMilitaryInnovation iron weaponry ⓘ
professional standing army ⓘ
siege warfare techniques ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → partOf → Neo-Assyrian expansion ⓘ
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel → timePeriod → Neo-Assyrian expansion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Assyrian period
Siege of Samaria → partOf → Neo-Assyrian expansion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian expansion in the Levant
Ashurbanipal → associatedWith → Neo-Assyrian expansion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Assyrian imperial expansion
Kandalanu → associatedWith → Neo-Assyrian expansion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Assyrian control of Babylon
Fall of Samaria → partOf → Neo-Assyrian expansion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian expansion