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  1. //  Assyria
  2.  
  3. #bc
  4.  
  5.  
  6. //  occupied northern Iraq (between rivers) before 2300
  7. #e <t>founding<c>Ninevah<d>4000(500)
  8. #e <t>writing<tit>Epic of Gilgamesh<d>650(50)<c>Assyria
  9. #e <t>use<n>convex lenses<c>Assyria<d>680
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  11.  
  12. //  Kings
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  14. #p <nat>Assyrian<o>king<n>Shalmaneser I<ac>1274<d>1245<c>Ninevah
  15. #p <nat>Assyrian<o>king<n>Tiglath Pileser I<ac>1115<d>1077<c>Ninevah
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  17. #p <nat>Assyrian<o>king<n>Ashurnasirpal II<ac>884(1)<d>859<c>Ninevah
  18. #p <nat>Assyrian<o>king<n>Shalmaneser III<ac>859<d>824<fa>Ashurnasirpal II<c>Ninevah
  19.  
  20. //  Ramman-Nirari III in 803
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  22. #p <nat>Assyrian<o>king<n>Tiglath Pileser III<b>790(20)<ac>745<d>727<aka>Pul, in the Scriptures<c>Ninevah
  23. #p <nat>Assyrian<o>king<n>Shalmaneser V<ac>727<d>722<c>Ninevah
  24. #p <nat>Assyrian<o>king<n>Sargon II<ac>722<d>705<c>Ninevah
  25. #p <nat>Assyrian<o>king<n>Sennacherib<ac>705<d>681<c>Ninevah
  26. #p <nat>Assyrian<o>king<n>Esarhaddon<ac>681<d>669<c>Ninevah
  27. #p <nat>Assyrian<o>king<n>Ashurbanipal<ac>669<d>627<fa>Esarhaddon<c>Ninevah
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  29.  
  30. //  Battles
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  32. #e <t>battle<n>Assyrians capture Damascus<c>Damascus<d>732<vic>Assyria
  33. #e <t>battle<n>Shalmaneser V captures Samaria<c>Samaria<d>722<vic>Assyria
  34. #e <t>battle<n>Assyrian army defeated<d>609<c>Haran
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