Siege of Samaria

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The Siege of Samaria was the decisive Assyrian military campaign in 722 BCE that led to the fall of the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the exile of much of its population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian military campaign
military siege
associatedWith “Ten Lost Tribes” of Israel NERFINISHED
capitalOf Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
cause rebellion of the Kingdom of Israel against Assyrian rule
combatant Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
commander Sargon II NERFINISHED
Shalmaneser V NERFINISHED
conflict Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
countryInvolved Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
date 722 BCE
era Iron Age II NERFINISHED
followedBy Assyrian resettlement policies in former Israelite territories
formation of Assyrian provinces in the former Kingdom of Israel
geographicalContext central highlands of ancient Palestine
languageOfPrimarySources Akkadian
Hebrew
linkedTo Assyrian policy of mass deportations
expansion of Assyrian provincial administration in the west
locatedIn Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
Samaria NERFINISHED
mentionedIn 2 Kings 17 NERFINISHED
Assyrian royal inscriptions
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
partOf Assyrian expansion in the Levant NERFINISHED
politicalConsequence dissolution of the northern Israelite monarchy
precededBy Assyrian campaigns in the Levant under Tiglath-Pileser III NERFINISHED
region ancient Near East NERFINISHED
religiousConsequence major event in biblical prophetic interpretation
result Assyrian annexation of the territory of the Kingdom of Israel
Assyrian victory
deportation of large parts of the Israelite population
end of the northern Kingdom of Israel as an independent state
fall of Samaria NERFINISHED
significance decisive event in the history of ancient Israel
key step in Assyrian domination of the Levant
timePeriod 8th century BCE
typeOfEvent siege warfare

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Hoshea causeOfDownfall Siege of Samaria
this entity surface form: Assyrian siege of Samaria
Shalmaneser V notableEvent Siege of Samaria
this entity surface form: siege of Samaria (c. 725–722 BCE)
Shalmaneser V notableFor Siege of Samaria
this entity surface form: siege of Samaria