ABSTRACT

Adad-nirari II (911-890 b.c.)—The limmu-list begins (893 b.c.)—Tukulti-Ninib II (890-884)—Ashur-naṣir-pal III (884-860)—A savage conqueror—The Assyrian military systemml: the infantry, archers, siegecraft, and engineering—Comprehensive strategy of Ashur-naṣir-pal: the circular sweep of war—Submission of Syria and Phoenicia (c. 875 b.c.) — Ashur-naṣir-pal as a builder — Calah —Shalmaneser II (860-825 b.c.)