Ancient Near East: Iron Age (1200 - 625 BC)

Middle Assyrian dynasty
  • Tiglath-Pileser I
    		• 1365-1056 BC
  • 1114–1076
    • Israelites settle Canaan
  • Unified kingdom (David, Solomon)
  • kingdom of Israel (North)
  • kingdom of Judah (South)
    		• 1200 BC
  • 1020-922
  • 922-722
  • 922-586
    • Assyrian Empire
  • Ashurnasirpal II
  • Shalmaneser III
  • Sargon II
  • Sennacherib
  • Ashurbanipal
    		• 883-609 BC
  • 883-859
  • 858-824
  • 721-705
  • 704-681
  • 668-627

    • Source for Assyrian dates: Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Source for Hebrew dates: The Jewish Museum

    (See also: Ancient Near East Resource Page)

    Web Resources
    Assyria. Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Assyrians. The British Museum
    Babylonian Proverbs from the Library of Ashurbanipal. George A. Barton
    The Hebrews. Richard Hooker
    Inscription of Tiglath-Pileser I. Tr. H. Rawlinson
    Internet History Sourcebook: Israel. Paul Halsall
    Iron Age. Boston University
    Kingdom of Israel. Bamber Gascoigne
    Palace Reliefs of Assurnasirpal II. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Prayer of Ashurbanipal to Shamash. Tr. unidentified
    Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Ninevah. John Malcolm Russell

    Image Links (click inside)
    Cylinder seal
    Assyria, 13c     		Winged Lion
    Ashurnasirpal II     		Statue of
    Ashurnasirpal II     		Sacred tree
    Ashurnasirpal II     		Obelisk
    Shalmaneser III     		Tribute bearer
    8th century BC     		"Blue goat"
    8th century BC
    "Taylor" Prism
    Sennacherib     		Garden party
    Ashurbanipal     		Flood tablet
    Ninevah, 7c     		Stele of Sin zir Ibni
    Aleppo, 7c     		Gold cup
    NW Iran     		Pazuzu
    Assyrian, early 1m     		Board game
    Iran, 11-9c     		Grimacing Mask
    Carthage 7-6c

    [last updated: August 13, 2013]

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