The map covers the phase in Assyrian history when its kings Tiglatpileser III, Shalmaneser V and Sargon II realized Shalmaneser III’s long-standing plans of conquest in Syria and western Iran by prevailing against the Urarṭian Empire for good in both regions.
I. Assyria
Tiglatpileser III (745–727 BC) succeeded in reunifying the empire’s fragmented powers and using them to full effect, which meant that for several generations further conflict …
