Tiglath-pileser III
c. 745 BCE · Kalhu
Tiglath-pileser III (r. 745–727 BCE) seized the Assyrian throne and rebuilt the empire's power, undertaking sweeping military and administrative reforms — a standing army, a provincial system, and mass deportations of conquered populations — that turned Assyria into the dominant empire of the Near East. He campaigned extensively in the Levant and Babylonia, eventually taking the Babylonian throne himself (as 'Pul'). His seat was the city of Kalhu (Nimrud), where his royal inscriptions and reliefs were found.
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Kalhu
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A royal capital of the Neo-Assyrian empire (biblical Calah, modern Nimrud) on the Tigris, with palaces and temple archives. The pin marks the tablet's findspot.
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