ASSYRIA.

BABYLONIA

PHOENICIA AND
SYRIA.

Hazael of Dam

ascus presses hard Israel for

812-783.

Ramman

Nirari III. Mari of Damascus (in the Bible called Benhadad son of Hazael) becomes tributary (in 803). After death of RammanNirari gradual decline of the Assyrian power.

783-773. Shalmaneser III. In 775 an expedition to the Cedar - mountain' (Amanus).

773-755- Assurdanilu. An eclipse of the sun, 15th June 763.

755-745.

Assur-nirari.

747. Beginning of the

745-727. Tiglath-Pileser Era of Nabonassar in Baby

III. by a revolution attains

lon and of the Ptolemæan

the throne. New advance, Canon.
Babylon subdued, he turns
to the West. In 738, among
other tributaries is mentioned
Menahem of Syria, as also
Rezin of Damascus and
Hiram. Submission and
tribute from Ahaz (Jauchazi),

upon
many years.

Pileser under the name of key to the ports of
Pulu, King of Babylon.

727-722. Shalmaneser

IV., under the name of
Ululai, King of Babylon

IV., son of Tiglath-Pileser.
722. Sargon comes to the
throne, and completes the cap-(was governor during his
ture of Samaria; he reigns till father's lifetime).

706. Last and most illustri

721-710. Merodach

ous period of Assyrian Empire. baladan, King of Babylon.

720. Revolt of tributary States in the West put down. 713-711. Revolt of Gaza, with help of Pir'u of Musri, Philistia, Juda, Edom and Moab.

After Sargon's death

710. Sargon drives Merodach-baladan from Babylon Merodach-baladan returns, and becomes King of Babylon. but in 704 is driven out by 705-681. Sennacherib.

701. Sennacherib makes

Sennacherib.

702-700. Bel-ibni appointed King of Babylon by Sennacherib.

701. Bel-ibni com

an expedition against Pales-pelled by the Babylonians tine. Siege of Jerusalem to revolt from Assyria

Phoenicia.