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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Neo-Assyrian Kingship and State Religion (c. 911–609 BCE)

Neo-Assyrian Kingship and State Religion (c. 911–609 BCE)

  1. Adad-nirari II begins Neo-Assyrian resurgence

    Labels: Adad-nirari II, A ur, Neo-Assyria

  2. Tukulti-Ninurta II continues expansion campaigns

    Labels: Tukulti-Ninurta II, A ur, Neo-Assyria

  3. Ashurnasirpal II inaugurates Kalhu as capital

    Labels: Ashurnasirpal II, Kalhu Nimrud, palace-reliefs

  4. Shalmaneser III promotes Assyrian monumental cultic kingship

    Labels: Shalmaneser III, Assyrian-annals, temple-patronage

  5. Tiglath-pileser III seizes throne in coup

    Labels: Tiglath-Pileser III, A ur-nirari, coup

  6. Tiglath-pileser III reforms provincial governance

    Labels: Tiglath-Pileser III, provincial-reform, Assyrian-bureaucracy

  7. Tiglath-pileser III becomes king of Babylon

    Labels: Tiglath-Pileser III, Babylon, dual-kingship

  8. Sargon II reign begins amid dynastic transition

    Labels: Sargon II, Neo-Assyria, dynastic-transition

  9. Sargon II founds new capital Dur-Sharrukin

    Labels: Sargon II, Dur-Sharrukin, planned-city

  10. Sennacherib makes Nineveh the Assyrian capital

    Labels: Sennacherib, Nineveh, royal-palace

  11. Sennacherib destroys Babylon after long conflict

    Labels: Sennacherib, Babylon, temple-destruction

  12. Esarhaddon succeeds after Sennacherib’s assassination

    Labels: Esarhaddon, Sennacherib, succession-crisis

  13. Esarhaddon restores Babylon to shore up legitimacy

    Labels: Esarhaddon, Babylon-restoration, prism-inscription

  14. Ashurbanipal assembles the Library of Nineveh

    Labels: Ashurbanipal, Library of, temple-scholarship

  15. Coalition captures Nineveh in climactic siege

    Labels: Babylonians, Medes, Siege of

  16. Harran falls, ending Assyrian royal continuity

    Labels: Harran, Assyrian-royalty, Neo-Assyria