Assyrian Warfare Timeline

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1813 BCE - 1791 BCE

Reign of Shamashi Adad I who drives out Amorites, secures border of Assyria, makes Ashur capital.
c. 1250 BCE

Shalmaneser I of Assyria conquers the kingdom of Mitanni and defeats its allies.
c. 1245 BCE

Battle of Nihriya: Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria defeats Tudahalija IV of the Hittites.
1244 BCE - 1208 BCE

Reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I, Hittites conquered.
c. 1225 BCE

Tukulti-Ninurta I sacks Babylon.
1115 BCE - 1076 BCE

Reign of Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria who conquers Phoenicia and revitalizes the empire.
853 BCE

Babylonian kings depend on Assyrian military support.
722 BCE - 705 BCE

Peak of the Assyrian empire under the reign of Sargon II.
722 BCE

Israel is conquered by Assyria.
701 BCE

King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks the city of Lachish in Judah but fails to take the capital Jerusalem.
c. 676 BCE

Scythians and Mannaens attack Assyria.
671 BCE

Egypt is conquered by Assyria.
653 BCE

Egypt expels Assyrians.
648 BCE

War between Assyria and the Elamites.
612 BCE

The great Assyrian cities of Ashur, Kalhu, and Nineveh are sacked and burned by the Medes, Babylonians, and Persian forces.