Neo-Assyrian Empire Timeline

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912 BCE - 891 BCE

Reign of Adad Nirari II who revitalizes kingdom and secures borders.
912 BCE - 612 BCE

Reign of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Near East.
900 BCE - 800 BCE

Surviving sphinxes from the Assyrian civilization, usually placed as guards outside palaces.
884 BCE - 859 BCE

Rule of king Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria who moves capital from Ashur to Kalhu (Caleh).
853 BCE

Babylonian kings depend on Assyrian military support.
824 BCE - 811 BCE

Reign of King Shamshi Adad V under whose reign civil war erupts.
745 BCE - 727 BCE

Reign of Tiglath Pileser III who restructures government and military and expands empire.
729 BCE

Babylon is occupied by Assyrians.
727 BCE - 722 BCE

Reign of Shalmaneser V.
722 BCE - 705 BCE

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

Israel is conquered by Assyria.
705 BCE - 681 BCE

Reign of king Sennacherib of Assyria.
705 BCE

Sennacherib moves capital from Dur-Sharrukin to Nineveh.
701 BCE

King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks the city of Lachish in Judah but fails to take the capital Jerusalem.
681 BCE - 669 BCE

Reign of Esarhaddon who expands the empire.
c. 676 BCE

Scythians and Mannaens attack Assyria.
671 BCE

Egypt is conquered by Assyria.
671 BCE

Second Egyptian Campaign, Assyrian army successfully captures Memphis and conquers Egypt.
668 BCE

Ashurbanipal succeeds his father as King of the Assyrian Empire.
668 BCE - 627 BCE

Reign of Ashurbanipal, the last great king of Assyria.
653 BCE

Egypt expels Assyrians.
648 BCE

War between Assyria and the Elamites.
627 BCE

Death of King Ashurbanipal.
627 BCE

Revolts break out following the death of Ashurbanipal, empire begins to fail.
612 BCE

Downfall of the Assyrian empire.
612 BCE

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