EMPIRE FROM 745 TO 722 B.C.
_TIGLATH-PILESER III. AND THE ORGANISATION OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE FROM
745 to 722 B.C._
_FAILURE OF URARTU AND RE-CONQUEST Of SYRIA--EGYPT AGAIN UNITED UNDER
ETHIOPIAN AUSPICES--PIÔNKHI--THE DOWNFALL OF DAMASCUS, OF BABYLON, AND
OF ISRAEL._
_Assyria and its neighbours at the accession of Tiglath-pileser III.:
progress of the Aramæans in the basin of the Middle Tigris--Urartu and
its expansion into the north of Syria--Damascus and Israel--Vengeance of
Israel on Damascus--Jeroboam II.--Civilisation of the Hebrew
kingdoms, their commerce, industries, private life, and political
organisation--Dawn of Hebrew literature: the two historians of
Israel--The priesthood and the prophets--The prophecy of Amos at Bethel;
denunciation of Israel by Hosea._
_Early campaigns of Tiglath-pileser III. in Karduniash and in Media--He
determines to attach Urartu in Syria: defeat of Sharduris, campaign
around Arpad, and capture of that city--Homage paid by the Syrian
princes, by Menahem and Rezin II--Second campaign against the
Medes--Invasion of Urartu and end of its supremacy--Alliance of Pekah
and Rezin against Ahaz: the war in Judæa and siege of Jerusalem._
_Egypt under the kings of the XXIIth dynasty--The Theban
principality, its priests, pallacides, and revolts; the XXIIIrd Tanite
dynasty--Tafnakhti and the rise of the Saite family--The Egyptian
kingdom, of Ethiopia: theocratic nature of its dynasty, annexation of
the Thebaid by the kingdom of Napata--Piônkhi-Mîamun; his generals
in Middle Egypt; submission of Khmunu, of Memphis, and of
Tafnalchti--Effect produced in Asia by the Ethiopian conquest._
_The prophet Isaiah, his rise under Aliaz--Intervention of
Tiglath-pileser III. in Hebrew affairs; the campaign of 733 B.C. against
Israel--Capture of Rezin, and the downfall of Damascus--Nabunazîr;
the Kaldd and the close of the Babylonian dynasty; usurpation
of Ukînzîr--Campaign against Ukînzîr; capture of Shapîa and of
Babylon--Tiglath-pileser ascends the throne in the last-named city under
the name of Fulu (729 B.C.)--Death of Tiglath-pileser III. (727 B.C.)_
_Reorganisation of the Assyrian empire; provinces and feudatory
states--Karduniash, Syria--Wholesale deportation of conquered
races--Provincial administrators, their military and financial
arrangements--Buildings erected by Tiglath-pileser at
Calah--The Bit-Khilâni--Foundation of feudal
lordships--Belharrdn-beluzur--Shalmaneser V. and Egypt: rebellion
of Hoshea, the siege of Samaria, and the prophecies of
Isaiah--Sargon--Destruction of the kingdom of Israel._