2000BC
Amorite invasions of Northern Mesopotamia
1813-1781BC Shamshi-adad I rules Assyria from
Ashur. Soon after, the Hurrians took most of Assyria
1363-1328BC Ashur-uballit I rules a new
independent Assyria, and fights with the Hurrians
1114-1076BC Tiglath-pilesar I conquers
cities to the Mediterranean with the use of brute force
883-859BC
Ashurnasirpal II receives tribute from Phoenicia
744-727BC
Tiglath-pilesar III restores Assyrian power and makes Israel a vassal.
He also took Babylon
721-705BC Reign of
Sargon II; largest extent of empire
689BC
Sennacherib sacks Babylon, attacks Elam
and subdues Jerusalem
680-669BC Esarhaddon
takes Egypt
668-627BC
Ashurbanipal defeats Babylon, Elam, and the Cimmerian barbarians.
Amasses a library
of Assyria works.
612BC
Assyria ends when capital of Nineveh
fell to the Babylonians and Medes
